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My father, Stephen Barlow Espy, left Pennsylvania 
for Fort Madison, Iowa, then the far west, in 1846. At 
the time of his death I was a small child, and never 
knew any of the Espys, except the family of my nncle, 
Thos. S. Espy, and they too, grew up far from the parent 
stock. Naturally I was both ignorant of, and curious 
about my ancestry. 

Goethe says, "Happy he who remembers his pro- 
genitors with pride of their deeds, and, silently rejoic- 
ing, sees himself linked to the end of this goodly chain." 
Feeling a good deal this way myself and having faith 
that "pride in their deeds" would be my portion, I be- 
gan the linking together of the "goodly chain" in 1896. 
It has been a long and tedious task that might have 
been better done by some one else but there was no one 
else ready to do it. 

When my dear kinsmen read this book I hope that 
each and every one will remember that into this work I 
have put almost ten years of my life, and my time is, I 
assure you, valuable in the marts of trade, and also 
much money, which could have been spent in the more 
agreeable manner called "buying finery," that is so dear 
to the heart of every woman. 

It will seem to many that it is a poor book for the 
money, but there is no record herein that has cost me 
as little as the price of the book, besides I have sold 
only enough copies to pay the immediate cost of printing. 
This is told you frankly that you may understand why 
there is only a paper binding and also that you may 
realize that each book has cost me very much more than 
it has cost you. 

It will seem to some a very small book. It is, but 



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do not blame me for that. You will notice that one 
great reason is that more than half of the children born 
into this family died unmarried and of those now living, 
many have failed to give an extended account of their 
relationship. In the early days we often find one or 
more children in a family of whom no trace is left in 
public records or family tradition. 

The book is issued now, because my eyesight, never 
good, is rapidly failing and it seems to me that an in- 
complete genealogy, if a genealogy ever can be com- 
pleted, is better than none. 

In this work I am greatly indebted to Mr. A. T. 
Espie, Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. (leorge Espy, Dungannon, 
Ireland, Hon. Ueorge Espie, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., 
England, Mr. Wm. Franklin Rutherford, Harrisburg, 
Pa., Maj. John Espy, St. Paul, Minn., Miss Thirza L. 
Westcott, El Paso, Texas, Miss F. M. Espy, Fouche, Ga., 
and to none more than to Mr. Josiah Morrow, Lebanon, 
0., who has written for me the sketch of Prof. James 
Espy, with whom he was personally acquainted. 

In 1876, Dr. Wm. H. Egle, then State Li))rarian of 
Pennsylvania, published his "Genealogies of Pennsyl- 
vania" in which were "The Espys of Derry." After one 
years work I found that his record was not correct and 
the letter here printed will show that Dr. Egle had also 
discovered this. 

September, 30, 1897. 
Miss Florence M. Espy, 

Ft. Madison, Iowa. 
My dear Madame: — 

I am in receipt of yours of the 27th inst. 
For sometime 1 have been disposed to believe 
that the record as given in the genealogy, of 
the ancestry of Prof. James Espy, was somewhat 
mixed, but, no one has been able to help me 
out of the tangle. I am however in search of 
data, which no doubt will settle it, and as soon 
as I obtain the desired information I will inform 
you. Yours with respect, 

William H. Egle. 



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If he had lived, this extended and corrected record 
would doubtless have been issued by him iu another 
volume of Pennsj^vania genealogy. 

These facts are gathered from records now carefully 
kept in Lancaster, Northumberland, Cumberland, Bed- 
ford and Westmorland Counties, Pa. All of these coun- 
ties have been greatly sub-divided since the early set- 
tlement of our forefathers. Also, from the few re- 
maining records of North Carolina, and Counties Lon- 
donderry, Down, Antrim and Tyrone in the Province of 
Ulster, Ireland. A surprising number of Family Bibles, 
old letters and papers, are still in the hands of different 
branches of the family. And most valuable of all are 
the old church records of Pennsylvania that gives dates 
of deaths, baptisms, and marriages. By examining the 
map locating the early Scotch-Irish settlements you will 
see that these churches are about ten or twelve miles 
apart. 

There will be no attempt made to tell the number 
of books of reference read in gathering this information 
as recording the names became an irksome task almost 
at the outset. In this search two trips were made to 
Pennsylvania and the early grave-stones examined and 
many old people visited that have since passed away. 

Florence Mercy Espy, 

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ORIGIN OF THE NAME AND FAMILY OF ESPY 

There is much doubt as to the origin and meaning 
of the name Espy. Prof. Max Mueller, in his "Science 
of Language" says that in transferring into English, 
words ending in "ie" should be changed to "y." On 
page 260, Vol. 1, of this same work he says: "In Old 
German the word for spy was Speha, Old French gives 
the same word as Espie." From this we can imagine if 
we like that the name means spy or scout. 

Mr. A. T. Espie of (xlasgow, Scotland, has sent me a 
learned discursion proving that the name Espie means 
"Bishop" and that the name Gillespie means "The 
Bishops servant" and Rev. John Boyd Espy, Fredonia, 
N. Y., proves this to his own satisfaction by quoting 
Greek and Latin. 

Han-y Alfred Long in 1883, published "Personal and 
Family Names" in which we find, "Spada: Swordsman 
giving Espie or Espee, con. Spade (at cards) originally 
a sword," From this it is equally easy to see that the 
name means swordsman. Any of the above ideas are 
worthy and you have the authorities and can take your 
choice. 

In the early records family names were not looked 
upon as important and as most people spelled by sound 
all you have to do is to call in the first Scotch-Irish 
man you see and ask him to pronounce Espy and you 
will then be able to see why the early records have 
Aspy, Aspai, Aspie and Asby. We also find recorded 
the name Espie, Espey, Esby, Esbie and Easpy. 

In the "Norman People," page 411, we find Radul- 
phus Espee, Normandy, 1180 — 1195 and John de Espy, 
England, 1272. 

In "Etat Present De La Noblesse Francaise" pub- 
lished 1866, is found: 



8 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



Espee (baron de 1) commander de la Legion d Hon- 
neuer, 115 rue de Lille, Paris. 

Espee (baron de 1) 10 rue Las Casas, Paris. 

Espee (baron du 1) an Chatau de Sandronvillers, pur 
Saint Nicolas du Port. 

Espee (Henry de 1) au Chateau de Forville. 

Espies (Comte d) 58 rue de Verneen, Paris. 

Espies (Comte d) 10 rue Neuve de 1 Universite, 
Paris. 

Espies (vicompte d) 86 rue du Bac, Paris. 

The above found on page 434. 



A memorial tablet in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dub- 
lin, Ireland, reads thus: "Eene de la Don Espe de la 
Tablere, who in 1685, for the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, left his 
country, La Bas Poicton, France, and took refuge in 
Ireland." This proves that some Espys were Huguenots. 

In "County Kecords of the Surnames of Francus, 
Franceis, French, in England A. D. 1100 to 1350" we 
find "Release of John, brother of William de Esseby 
* * * * which said brother held." 

In "Collectanaae, Topographica and Cenealogica" 
Vol. 2, under date of July 10, 1313, extract from the 
Annals of Crokesden Abbey, County Stafford, England, 
are found many references to Thomas de Esseby. 

In "The Visitation of Kent" Harlem Mss. page 78, 
is found "Alano Espe married Maria Claybrooke." 

There was a Count Cozart living in France in 1598 
that married the heiress of George Comte d' Espies and 
afterwards used the Espy and Cozad arms together. This 
information comes to me from the family of my mother, 
whose grand-mother was a Cozad. 

At the present day in the Counties of Cumberland, 
Northumberland, Dev^onshire and Kent, England, are 
families named Espy. 

From the earliest times there has been in Germany 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 9 

a family spelling the name "Espich" or "Espichorum." 
Some of this family settled in Bucks County, Pa., be- 
fore the Revolutionary War, and their descendants are 
scattered over the United States. They s{.;ell the name 
Espy and Espe. This family think they are entitled to 
a large fortune in Germany and have several times tried 
to collect it. 

There is a family in New Orleans, spelling the name 
Espy that came from the South of France about twenty- 
five years ago. 

There are others, spelling the name Espy, living in 
Louisiana, whose ancestors came directly from Ireland 
soon after the Revolution. 

In New York City, Carrol County, 111 , and in and 
about Mosherville, Mich., are settled families spelling 
the name Espie who came directly from Scotland about 
thirty years ago. There are also Espys in Canada that 
emigrated from Ireland since 1850. 

There is a large family, spelling the name Espey, 
scattered over the United States, but the larger number 
of them are in Eastern New York. They are the de- 
scendants of John, William, Daniel, Henry, James and 
Thomas, who came from County Tyrone, Ireland, within 
the past fifty years. 

To speak candidly of one's direct ancestors, how- 
ever remote, is a somewhat difficult matter. Unstinted 
praise savors of egotism, and to uncover failings is an 
unfilial and ungracious task. Fortunately in the pres- 
ent case only good has lived after them as time has com- 
pletely obliberated whatever of evil was theirs. 

While we do not claim for them the distinction of 
having been leaders of men, we do claim that they un- 
derstood and appreciated the spirit of the age in which 
they lived; were diligent in business, and as men and 
women, stood shoulder to shoulder in the ranks of that 
unconquerable phalanx which from age to age, has bat- 
tled for the rights of man, and to which, under God. we 



10 TH E ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

of to-day owe whatever of freedom and personal liberty 
we possess. 

Our immediate ancestors are Scotch that came to 
the Scottish Plantation of Down-Antrim at the time 
when religious persecution was greatest in Scotland. 
They were signers of the "Solemn League and Cove- 
nant," and many of the name fought under the banner 
of tliesblue and gold at Drumclog, Louden, Pentland 
Hills aKd Boyne Water for religious liberty. 

There is good cause for thinking that this family of 
Espy runs into the great and noble Tuscan house of 
d'Este but it was impossible for me to give the needed 
time, labor and expense necessary in order to establish 
the truth in this case, besides my personal feeling in the 
matter is that the good, plain, honest, Scotch Yeoman 
as we know him in "The Bonnie Briar Bush," casts a 
greater glory over his descendants than can the family 
of d'Este. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 11 



The Descendants of Josiah and Priscilla Mitchell 
Espy, of County Antrim, Ireland. 

We know little of this worthy couple except the fact 
that they lived, married, begat sons and daughters and 
passed on. One thing we do know is that they handed 
down to their children and children's children, honesty 
and industry, together with the firin conviction that the 
Presbj^terian form was the only way in which a Christian 
could worship. This Josiah was the son of Hugh and 
grandson of George Espy who came to the "Plantations" 
in Ireland from Scotland, as early as 1610. Their de- 
scendants are scattered over the north of Ireland and 
some of them live there to this day, while manj" of them 
have emigrated to America and Australia. We find 
record of two families that in later and more peaceful 
times returned to Scotland and settled in and about 
Glasgow, where their descendants still live. Josiah and 
Priscilla Mitchell Espy were mamed in Ireland, it is 
supposed, but no record can be found, neither can any 
proof be found that they crossed the ocean, nor can we 
find any record of the death of either. From different 
families we have traced back the facts here recorded. 
Their children were: 
iSee page 12. /. Samuel, b. 1693; m. Martha Hay. 
See page 22. iL George, b. 1695; m. Jean Taylor. 

Hi. Martha, b, 1697; m. Humphrey Fullerton. 
Came to America and settled in Pennsyl- 
vania from whence their descendants are 
scattered over the United States. One fam- 
ily has lived in Chillicothe, 0., since 1802 
and Josiah Espy speaks of them in his 
^"Tour." 
See page 81. iv/ Josiah, b. 1699; m. Elizabeth Grain. 
V. Elizabeth, b. 1700; m. Lytle. 



12 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

vi. Mary, b. 1702; m. Montgomery. 
vii. John, b. 1704; m. Jean Moreliead and re- 
mained in Ireland. He is known to have 
paid rent on the "Hamilton Estates" from 
nsi- 1"JS^' 16H1 to 168 8 near Killeagh, County Down. 

This John had three sons; George, remained 
in Ireland and some of his descendants are 
living in Cookstown, while others are scat- 
tered over the world, John, the second 
son, was the progenitor of the family that 
returned to Scotland and also of the princi- 
See Espey p. 103. pal "Espie" family in Australia. Hugh, the 

third son, m. Mary Stewart in County Lon- 
donderrj^ and came to America. 
vlii. William, b. 1704; (twin) may have d. youug. 
ix. Jean, b. 1706; m. Gilchrist. 
X. Priscilla, b. 1708; m. John Patterson. 



History and Genealogy of Samuel and 
Martha Hay Espy 

I. Samuel Espy, eldest son of Josiah and Priscilla 
Mitchell Espy, was born in North of Ireland in the year 
1693; m. Martha Hay by whom he had five sons all of 
whom settled in America. If he had daughters we find 
no record of them. Samuel ''followed the sea" and 
some years after the death of his first wife he married 
secondly, Ann, daughter of JohnMoutgomery of County 
Antrim, Ireland, and widow of Col. James Hamilton of 
the English Army. This marriage is recorded in the 
Parish of St. George, London, June 6, 1745. From this 
time on Samuel seems to have been a man of wealth 
and position. There is no record of children by this 
marriage. There is now, in the possession of Mr. John 
Anderson of Bedford, Pa., a legal document reading 
thus: "Samuel Espy, Parish of St. George, No. 4, Han- 
over Square, London, England, gave power of attorney 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 13 

to his son James to collect prize money due him from 
the navy, May 17, 1746." It is supposed that this paper 
with other matters appertaining to the estate of James 
Espy came into the hands of Col. David Espy when 
James d. in 1747, but nothing is certainly known. 
Samuel Espy and Martha Hay had issue: 

2. i. Samuel, b. 1723; m. Martha Patton. 

a. James, b. 1725; m. Jan. 3, 1745; Mary Cam- 
eron, b. 1759; daughter of widow Elizabeth 
Cameron of Hanover Tow^nship, Lancaster 
County, Pa. They settled in Bedford Coun- 
ty, w^here James d. in 1747 leaving no 
children. Mary Espy was married again in 
Derry church, 1748 to James Carson. 

3. Hi. Robert, b. 1727; moved to N. C. 

4. iv. Thomas, b. 1729; went to N. C. 

V. George, b. 1731; m. Elizabeth Gilchrist andd. 
1765 in Derry Township, Lancaster County, 
Pa., leaving a son, David, over fourteen 
years of age who chose Josiah Espy as 
guardian. This David d. unmarried. 
II. Samuel Espy, son of Samuel and Martha Hay 

Espy was b. 1732; m. Martha Patton in 1756 and located 

in Chester County, Pa, He had issue: 

i. Thomas, b. 1757; was living in Chester Coun- 
ty, in 1781. 

ii. Georye, b. 1759; m. first and had children 

of whom we find no trace. He m. secondly, 
in Harrisburg, Pa., Ruth Smiley; he was a 
cabinet-maker; was accidently killed in 
1802, his wife dying w-ithin the year, his es- 
tate, which was considerable, and the three 
children were looked after by Josiah Espy. 
The children were: 1. Priscilla, m. a Mr. 
Barnett and had one daughter, secondly, m. 
as the second wife of John Rutherford and 
has two sons at Cedarville, Stephenson 



14 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

County, 111. 2. George, m. in Indianapolis, 

Ind., d. 1858 and left three daughters. 3. 

Samuel, b. 1799; d. 1868 in Indianapolis, Ind. 

He m. tirst, Sarah Coryell of St. Louis, Mo.; 

she died and left one daughter, b. 1848, now 

Mrs. John G. Wiffley, Mexico, Mo. He m. 

secondly in 1856, Frances E. Greenleaf. 

Their children are: * George, b. 1859; civil 

engineer; unmarried and lives at Chicago. 

"^Edward, b. 1861; m. 1892 and has son George 

L.; residence, Brightwood, Ind. Samuel 

McClure, b. 1862; m. and has Curtis and 

Murry; residence, Chicago. 

Hi. Joseph, b. 1761; sold land in E. Hanover 

Township, to Josiah Espy, Feb. 1, 1786. He 

d, unmarried. 

III. Robert Espy, son of Samuel and Mai-tha Hay 

Espy was b. in Ireland in 1727; came to America when 

young; m. in 1757 in Chester County, Pa., Rachel Bell, 

who was b. in 1733. They removed to Mecklenburg, N. 

C, in 1770, where Robert served with a scouting party 

during the Revolution, afterwards settling near I^ ash- 

ville, Ten a., about 1780. They had issue: 

i. James, b. 1758; killed while acting assherilf; 
left wife, two sons and six daughters. Wil- 
liam, eldest son, went west and all ti'ace of 
him is lost. Robert, the second son, m. Miss 
Clay of Kentucky and settled at Jefferson, 
Rutherford County, Tenn.; has sons, Wil- 
\ Ham and George, living on the old home 

farm. 
ii. Alexander, m. had sons Jolinson and Clark. 

1. Johnson, m.h&d CAr/r/^^, who ra,and has 
1. Thomas, 2. John, 3. Eveline, 4. Kiltie, 

2. Clark, m. and has among others a son 
George, living at Sebastopol, Cal. His 
sons are: 1. George, 2. Sidney, 3. Ben- 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 15 

jamin, 4. Charles, 5. Jefferson. This 
family spell the oame Espey. 
Hi. George was killed by Indians in 1782; he 

was unmarried, 
iv. Robert was killed by Indians; unmarried. 
V. John, b. 1818 is still living and his children 
are: 1. Bobert, 2. William went to Ark- 
ansas and all trace of him is lost. 3. John, 
4. George is living in Kansas City, Mo. 5. 
Sallie, 6. Mat fie. 
NorE. This record is written exactly as sent to me, 
but it is undoubtedly far from correct. 

IV. Thomas Espy, son of Samuel and Martha Hay 
Espy, was b. in Ireland in 1729; m. in Hampton Town- 
ship, Cumberland County, Pa., Martha, daughter of 
Samuel Morehead, removed to Mecklenburg, N. C, with 
his brother Robert in 1770; was a gunsmith and aided 
the cause during the Revolution with his work. After 
the war he removed to Oglethorpe County, Ga., where 
he died. Had issue: 

5. /. Samuel, b. 1758; m. Elizabeth Sloan. 

6. //. John, b. 1758; m. Elizabeth Parke. 

7. Hi. James, (twin) b. 1759; m. Sarah Barker. 3a^ltLa,ru. 
iv. Eleanore, b. 1761; m. Joseph Haynes. 

V. Anna, b. 1764; m. Thomas Hunter. ^c 

8. vi. Joseph, b. 1766; m. Polly Barnett. 
via. Martha, h. 1769; m. Blatchford. 

V. Samuel Espy, son of Thomas and Martha More- 
head Espy, was b. May 8, 1758; was Capt. N. C. Parti- 
zans and served through the Revolution; was wounded 
at the battle of King's Mountain and was crippled for 
the remainder of his life; is honorably mentioned in 
"Draper's History of King's Mountain" and "Hunter's 
History of Western N. C"; proof of his service is to be 
found in "Heitman's Historical Register;" he was a pen- 
sioner of the Revolution; m. Elizabeth Sloan, of the 
same Scotch-Iris] i Stock, 1785. She was born Nov. 7, 



16 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



1760. He died Dec. 29, 1838 and left issue: 

i. Martha, b. April 14, 1786; m. Wm. Muggins 
and had: 1. John. 2. Thomas. 8. Jane. 4. 
Rachel. 5. Amanda. 6 Harriet. They re- 
moved to a farm near Ripley, Brown Coun- 
ty, Ohio, and all trace of them is lost. 
a. Mary, b. June 29, 1789, became the second 
wife of John Oats and d. in Lincoln County, 
N. C. 
9. Hi. Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1789; m. Wm. Oats. 

10. iv. JoA?^, b. March 12, 1791; m. Jane Oats. 

11. .. Thomas, b. Mar. 4, 1793; m. j Sl,^";™; 

vi. Samuel, b. April 26, 1795; m, Drucilla Webb, 
d. in Ga., Sept. 25, 1832, had: James, d. in 
Columbus, Miss.; m. Agnes Riddle and his 
children are: 1. Robert, Magazine, Ark. 2. 
Alfred, W?i]kGr, County, Ga. 3. James, H. 
d. in 1892 in Paris, Texas. 4. Thomas, Al- 
bertville, Ala. 5. Mrs. Sarah Murdoch, 
Fouche, Ga. 6. Stephen Doufflas,i\. merchant 
of Magazine, Ark. 

vii. James, b. Sept. 23, 1797; d. unmarried. 
via. Robert, b. June 8, 1800; has a large family 
in Alabama. 

12. ix. Joseph, b. Jan. 21, 1863; m. \ ^^rgai'^t Duff. 

^ ( Jean Hargis. 

Capt. Samuel Espy, m. secondly, Mary Duff 
and had one child: 
X. Margaret, b. Jan. 4, 1815, d. unmarried. 

VI. John Espy, son of Thomas and Martha 
Morehead Espy, was b. 1759; d. in Clark County, Ga., 
1834; m. Elizabeth Parke; was a pensioner of the Revo- 
lution. His children were: 
18. i. Thomas, m. Eleanore Witherspoon. 

ii. Polly, m. Wm. Parke and d. childless. 
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iv. Jane, m. Moses Wilson and had issue: 

1. Mrs. Betseif Haynes. 2. Mrs. Elvina 
Colby. 3. Mary J. James. 4. Washing- 
ton. 5. Boberf, of Atlanta, Ga. 
Elizabeth, m. James S. Witherspoon. 
James, d. unmarried. 
Robert, m. 

Josiah, d. unmarried. 
James Espy, son of Thomas and Martha 
Morebead Espy, was b. 1759; was a pensioner of the 
Revolution; m. Sarah Baker of Virginia, and had: 

/. Polly, m. Mr. Fulton and had: 1. Mrs. 
Sarah Ormshury, Rome, Ga. 2. JVilliam, 
Nashville, Tenn. 3. Mrs. Mordicai Edivards. 
4. John. 5. Mrs. Mary E. Lawrence, Rome, Ga. 

VIII. Joseph Espy, son of Thomas and Martha 
Morehead Espy, b. 1766; m. Polly Bennett and had issue: 

/. Thirza, m. Mr. Mitchell and removed to 

Ohio. 
a. Mrs. James B. Carlton, whose children are: 
James, Joseph, William, George, Harry and 
Benjamin. 

IX. Elizabeth Espy Oats, daughter of Samuel 
and Elizabeth Sloan Espy, wa-s b. March 25, 1789; m. 
Wm. Oats of Lincoln County, N. C. They had: 

i. Franklin, d. 1875, Paris, Texas. 
a. Thomas W., d. 1889. 
iii. Rufus, d. 1877. 

iv. Fannie, m. James McMahon, d. 1894. 
V. Mary, m. M. Chandler; d. 1873. 
vi. Samuel, d. 1878, in Pelham, Alabama. 
vii. Stanhope, d. 1889. 
via. Margaret, m. Jacob Beam; d. 1882. 
ix. Martha, still living and unmarried. 
X. Addison, still living and unmarried. 
xi. Mrs. Ellen Plonk of Lincolnton, N. C. 

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Espy, was b. Mar. 12, 1791; m. | EsSL^'cikfk;^!^' 1869, 
and his children were: 

i. William went west and is lost. 
ii. Eliza, d. unmarried. 
iii. Bobert, d. unmarried. 

iv. Samuel, b. July 1, 1837; m. N. M. Powell and 
had issue: 1. James, 2. Joseph, 3. Mary, 
4. Maftie, 5. Laura, 6. Jennie, 7. Flora. 
V. Joseph, d. unmarried. 

XI. Thomas Espy, son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
Sloan Espy, was b. March 4, 1793; m. tirst Mahalah 
Brown and had issue: 

i. James Brown, b. 1827; m. first Edna Long and 
had one son, Victor W. He m. secondly 
Mary A. E. daughter of his Uncle Joseph 
Espy and had: 1. Barto Bee, 2. Mary Low, 
3. Minnie J. 
Thomas Espy m. secondly Sarah Rosseau and had: 

ii. Rev. Thomas Benton, b. Feb. 13, 1837; m. and 
left a family at Little Rock, Ark. Two of 
his sons, James and A. Judson, are living at 
St. Louis. 
Hi. Columbus, b. March 19, 1838; was a brave 
soldier of the 19th. Alabama Regt. Confed- 
erate Army, and d. April 1862 from wounds 
received at the battle of Corinth, Miss.; was 
unmarried. 

iv. Sarah Victoria, b. Jan. 9, 1840; m. John 
Tripp; she d. 1870; had daughter who m. 
Thomas C. Espy, grandson of Samuel and 
Drucilla Espy. 

V. Olivia Adaliza, b. Nov. 5, 1841; m. Joseph 
Espy. 

hi. Marcellus A., b. June 15, 1845; served dur- 
ing the Civil War in the 19th. Alabama Reg- 
iment Confederate Army; was captured on 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 19 

the retreat to Atlanta in 1864, and was a 

prisoner of war at Rock Island, 111.; m. 

Sal lie, daughter of Dr. Mathews of Cherokee, 

Ala. His children are: 1. Albert, 2. Alma, 

- 3. John, 4. Dayton, now residing in Albert- 

ville, Ala., to educate his children. 

vii Virgil H., b. March 3, 1847; d. unmarried. 

XII. Joseph Espy, son of Samuel and Elizabeth 

Sloan Espy, was b. Jan. 21, 1808; d. Nov. 26, 1875; m. 

Margaret Duff; she died childless and he m. secondly, 

Jean Hargis, b. Oct. 3, 1808; d. Oct. 24, 1887. Their 

children were: 

i. Mary A. E., b. Aug. 14, 1884; m. her cousin 

James Brown Espy. 
ii. Frances Margaret, b. Sept. 28, 1836; still liv- 
ing on her father's homestead at Fouche, 
Ga.; a noble Christian woman who has never 
married, but has been a mother to the 
children of her brother Joseph. It is to her 
eftorts that we are indebted for all the 
knowledge of the descendants of Robert and 
Thomas Espy. 
Hi. Joseplt Samuel, b. Dec. 11, 1838; when six- 
teen years of age his left thigh was broken 
in an accident, laming him for life, but this 
did not prevent him serving in Co, D. 65th. 
Regt. Ga. Vol. Inft., in the Confederate 
Army, during the Civil war; Oct. 31, 1865, 
he m. Olivia A. daughter of his uncle, 
Thomas Espy, who d. Feb. 1880; they had 
issue: 1. Paul, b. March 18, 1869, 2. Mark 
L. b. April 19, 1871, 3 Ira G., b. March 18, 
1873, 4. James C, b. July 12, 1875. 5. 
Mercy D. V., b. May 31, 1878. Mr. Espy is a 
wagon- maker and farmer of Fouche, Ga., 
and his family have been brought up in a 
pious and most respectable manner. 



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iv. James Hargis, b. June 16. 1841; d. February 
19, 1862, at Savannah, Ga.; unmarried and a 
soldier of the Civil War. He volunteered in 
1861 and was corporal of a company called, 
"Free Men of Floyd Co." 8th. Regt. Ga., 
State Troops. 
V. Rev. David Thomas, b. May 13,1851; d. April 
3, 1896; m. Dorothea Elizabeth, orphan 
daughter of George Duke of Warren Coun- 
ty, N. C, and had: 1. George Dnke, of Sum- 
merville, Ga., 2. Joseph 0., 3. Effie M., 4. 
Dayton E., 5. Mary D., 6. Nettie, 7. Thomas 
Judson, 8. Battie S., 9. Boyce P., 10. Ruth. 

XIII. Thomas Espy, son of John and Elizabeth 
Parke Espy, m. Eleanor Witherspoon of Lincoln County, 
N. C, and had one son: 

i. James, m. Anne Schriner; d. at Live Oak, 
Florida, perfectly blind. Flis children are: 
1. James, d. in Civil War, 2. Martha, 3. 
Joseph, m. and has family at Live Oak, 
Florida. 

XIV. Martha Espy, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth Parke Espy, m. Richard Wilson and had issue: 

i. John Espy, d. unmarried, aged 78. 

ii. Thomas, d. unmarried, aged 76. 

Hi. Hobnes, m. and had one daughter. 

iv. Mary A., m. Joseph Blatchford and had one 
son, William, who d. in Civil War. 

V. Robert C, m. Martha Stovall and had Edgar 

Stovall. 

vi. Florence, d. unmarried. 

vii. Edgar, m. has family in Macon, Ga. 

via. Richard, m. lives at Sparta, Ga. 

ix. James Franklin. 

X. Martha Angeline. 

X. Richard Jefferson. 

xii. Lovinia, living unmarried at Calhoun, Ga. 



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xiii. William Jackson, d. in Civil War, unmarried. 

XV. Elizabeth Espy, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth Parke Espy, m. James S. Witherspoon and had 
issue: 

i. John Espy, d. aged 18. 
ii. Amanda, d. unmarried, aged 32. 
Hi. Cicero Virgil, d. unmarried, aged 29. 
iv. Eleanore Emily, still living aged 85 years. 
V. James A., d. unmarried, aged 65 years. 
vi. Caroline M., m. James Laing, is childless 

widow, aged 75. 
vii. Bohert Lindsay, m. Mary Boone and had one 
child Prof. John Espy, of Georgia State 
Agricultural College. 

XVI. Robert Espy, son of John and Elizabeth 
Piirke Espy, m. and had issue: 

i, Louisa, m. John Wier. 

ii. Cali)in, m. Miss Morris and was killed in the 
Civil War. His son, John lives near Jeffer- 
son, Jackson County, Ga. His son, James 
went to Texas and married. 
Hi. Mrs. Eliza A. Freeman. 

iv. David, m. and lives in Louisiana. His 
grandsons are Robert, New Orleans, and J, 
H. at Bay St. Louis, Miss. 
V. Elizabeth, m. David McClesky. 
vi. Sarah, d. unmarried. 
vii. Williayn, m. and lives at Bogart, Ga. 
via. John F., m. and lives at Beaufort, S. C; has 
a son William, Pres. of Espy Cotton Co., 
Savannah, Ga. 
ix. James, killed in Civil War. 
X. Mrs. Fannie Wood. 
xi. Mrs. Julia Murphy, 
xii. Mrs. Lucinda Stewart. 
xiii. Mrs. Martha Shields. 



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Descendants of George and Jean Taylor Espy. 

I. George Espy, son of Josiah and Priscilla Mit- 
chell Espy, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1695, 
where he was married in the year 1714, to Jean Taylor, 
who was born in (!ounty Tyrone, May 7, 1699. They 
came to America with their young family in 1725 and 
settled finally on the Swatara in what was then Derry 
Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had 
land warrants for two hundred acres in Derry Town- 
ship, 1738, and 150 acres May 14, 1750. George was a 
staunch Presbyterian and a member of the Donegal 
Presbytery in 1735. Jean Taylor Espy died at the home 
of her son, Josiah, June 5, 1781, near Carlisle Pa. George 
Espy died in Derry Township, March, 1761, and is buried 
in the old Derry church-yard. H[ad issue: 

i. William, b. 1716; was married in the First 
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, March 
22, 1735, to Margaret Grading. He was an 
early settler on the frontier and owned, 
much land about the present town of "Espy," 
Luzerne County, Pa., which is named in his 
honor. To this couple no children were 
born, the wife dying soon after reaching her 
home in the wilderness. William died in 
August, 1761, leaving his estate to his 
brothers and sisters. His marriage is found 
in Vol. 2, "Pennsylvania Marriages" and his 
will is recorded in Lancaster. 
a. James, b. 1718; d. unmarried. 
1. Hi. John, b. 1720; m. Ann Montgomery. 

iv. Mary, b. 1722; m. John Woods, second son 
of Andrew and Sarah Woods of Hanover 
Township, Lancaster County, at which place 
John died Dec. 1769. They had issue: 




Prof. James l\ Espy 

(From the painting by Peale, now in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.) 



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1. George, b. 1740. 

2. Andreiv, b. 1742. 

3. John, b. 1745. 

4. William, b. 1747. 

5. Samuel, b. 1749. j m • 

6. ilfrrr^//«; b. 1749. ] ^^^^^^ 

7. Sarah, b. 1751; m. Wm. Clark. 

8. Anna, b. 1753; m. James Montgomery. 

9. Margaret, b. 1755. 

10. JemieUe, b. 1758 

11. Mary b. 1758. 
:?5. Elizabeth, b. 1760 



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Twins. 



V. 

vi. 



Jean, b. 1725, (twin.) 




Elizabeth, b. 1725; m. James Forster, b. 1710; 
a soldier of the Revolution; son of William 
Forster and his wife Rachel Kelly, daughter 
of Patrick Kelly of Deny Tp., Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

2. vii. Josiah, b. 1727; m. Elizabeth Patterson. 

3. via. David, b. 1730; m. Jane Woods. 

4. ix. George, b. 1732; m. Elizabeth Craiii. 

X. Anna, b. 1736; m, William Crain, b. 1742 and 
died Jan. 8, 1802. He was a private in 
Capt. William Brown's Co., of Lancaster, 
County, Associators in 1776; was the son of 
William Crain and Jean, his wife, natives of 
County Down, Ireland, came to America in 
1732. 

L John Espy, third child of George and Jean Tay- 
lor Espy, b. 1720 in north of Ireland, came to this coun- 
try with his parents while very young; married Ann 
Montgomery in Derry Township, in 1738. He had land 
warrants for 100 acres in Derry Nov. 3, 1753; is known 
to have been taxed for 282 acres of land, 2 horses and 
5 cattle for the year 1781 in Cumberland County, but 
was in Wyoming in 1770. He died in Cumberland 
County, July 7, 1774. When or where Ann died is not 



24 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



known. He had issue: 

5. /. Thomas, b. 1739; m. Ann Hamilton. 

6. ii. Jaw6?5, b. 1741; m. Martha McKnight. 
Hi. Jean, b. 1743. 

iv. Benjamin, b. 1745. 
V. Elizabeth, b. 1747. Doubtless others. 
n. JosiAH Espy, seventh child of George and Jean 'l'^ 
Espy, was b. in Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pa., 
in 1727, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Patterson, Sr., 
X of Upper Paxtang Township, in 1758 and settled in 
Cumberland County, but moved about from place to 
place. He is known to have been one of the original 
proprietors of Hanover Township, Luzerne County and 
drew lot No. 18. He was at Wyoming in 1770; was a 
member of the committee of Public Safety, for Turbitt 
Township, Northumberland County, Feb. 13, 1777. 
(Note. Proof is to be found on page 359, Vol. 2, "Penn- 
sylvania in the Revolution — Associa,tors and Militia.") 
Was taxed for 200 acres of land in Cumberland County, 
in 1781. Removed to Westmorland County, in 1783, 
where his youngest and most distinguished son, James P. 
was born in 1785, when Mrs. Espy was nearly 50 years 
old. In 1786 the subject of this sketch with his wife 
and younger children moved to Kentucky, settling near 
Lexington. Josiah Espy died in Nov. 1801 and his wife, 
Nov. 19, 1809, in Green County, Ohio, whither they had 
gone some years earlier. After the death of her hus- 
band, Mrs. Espy lived with her daughter, Mrs. Martha 
Mitchell. Her son, Josiah, who had been left a lad with 
his uncle, Col. David Espy, of Bedford, describes in his 
journal a visit in 1805 at the home of Mrs. Mitchell, to 
his venerable mother, whom he had not seen for seven- 
teen years. Josiah and Elizabeth Espy were members 
of the Presbyterian Church and are buried in the 
"Massie's Creek" grave-yard. They had issue: 

7. i. George, b. 1759; m. Polly Patterson. 

8. //. John, b. 1761; m. Mary Allen. 



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Mary, b. 1763; m. Joseph Stevenson. 
Thomas, b. 1767; m. Elizabeth Patterson. 
Anna, b. 1769; m, Joseph Simpson. 
Josiah, b. 1771; ni. Maria Moore Murdock. 
Hugh, b. 1774; m. Sarah Bartholomew. 
Martha, b. 1777; m. James Mitchell. 
David, b. 1779; m. Dorcas Keene. 
James, b. 1785; m. Margaret Pollard. 

\4^^^Ti. David Espy, eighth child of George and 
El*gftbe4h Espy, was b. in Derry Township, Lancaster 
County, Pa , 1730, and d. June 13, 1795, in Bedford, Pa. 
He studied law and early in life removed to Bedford 
County, where he became prominent in public affairs. 
At the outset of the Revolution he entered heartily into 
the contest; Was deputy to the Provincial Conference 
held at Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia, June 18, 1775; 
member of the Council of Public Safety, July 23, 1776, 
and Col. of battalion of associators; was prothonotary of 
Bedford County, Dec. 18, 1778; one of the justices of 
that county, Dec. 18, 1778 and under the Constitution of 
1780—90, prothonotary, register, etc., from Dec. 23, 1790, 
to the date of his death. He was one of the original 
trustees of Dickinson College and a member of the 
General Assembly of the State. The Provincial records 
contain many references to him and his actions. Col. 
Espy, married Jane V/oods, daughter of Sarah and 
Andrew Woods of Lancaster County and Sister of 
George Woods, a man of mark in Bedford during the 
Revolutionary period; she was born in 1735; died in 
1813. In 1785 Col. Espy v^as taxed for 1316 acres of 
land in Bedford County. Proof of his Revolutionary 
service is in Vol. 14, 2nd. series, ''Archives of Pennsyl- 
vania." His children were: 

/. Capf. David, b. 1777 and died unmarried in 
Bedford in 1818. The Anderson family 
have his commission as Captain. 
17. //. Mar I/, b. 1779; m. Dr. John Anderson. 



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in. George, b. 1781; d. 1855, unmarried. 

IV. George Espy, ninth child of George and Jean 
Espy was b. in Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pa., 
in 1732, m. Elizabeth Grain, the daughter of William 
and Jean Grain of Gounty Down, Ireland, who came to 
America in 1732. George Espy settled in Cumberland 
Gounty, near Newville and he was a ''ruling elder" of 
the "Big Spring" Presbyterian Church in 1764. Aug. 30, 
1776, he was a private in Col. Timothy Green's battalion, 
Capt. Richard McQuon's Co., of Lancaster County, and 
served in the Jersey campaigns. He was detailed in 
1777 — 8, from the 3rd. Co., 6th. battalion, to set in court 
martials. Proof of the foregoing is found on p. 380, 
Vol. 2, 2nd. series, "Pennsylvania Archives" George Espy 
held land warrants for 200 acres in Cumberland Gounty, 
in 1785. George Espy, farmer, paid 40 £ tax in Cum- 
berland County in 1781. He died in Cumberland Coun- 
ty in 1787 and his wife, died at the home of her son, 
George, in Philadelphia, in 1830. Had issue: 

i. John, b. 1769; m. Margaret Huston, Nov. 10, 
1789, at Newville, Pa., service by Rev. 
Samuel Wilson. Had one son and two 
daughters all of whom settled about Pitts- 
burg, after their father's death. 
ii. Elizabeth, b. 1771. 

Hi. George, h. 1773; m. Rebecca Glenn, Feb. 4, 
1813, service by Rev. Joshua Williams of 
Big Spring Church. George and John Espy 
occupied pew No. 28 in Big Spring Church 
in 1790. He removed to Philadelphia about 
1825. His children were: 

1. Thressa, b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. 1885 un- 
married. 

2. Augustus, b. June 16, 1816; d. 1838 un- 
married. 

3. Ada, b. May 19, 1817; m. John Piper of 
Lacon, 111.; d. without children. 

4. B. b. Oct. 19, 1820; d. 1845 unmarried. 



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5. Caroline Behecca, living at No. 66, N. 
34th. Street, Phiiadelphia, Penn. 
iv. Christina, b. 1775; m. John Hawks, Aug. 16, 

1796. 
V. Jane, b. m. Mr. White of Pittsburg. 

V. Thomas Espy, the eldest child of John and Ann 
Montgomery Espy, was born in Lancaster County, in 
1739; d. in Carlisle, 1808. He signed a "call" for Rev. 
Samuel Wilson to Big Spring Church in 1786. He oc- 
cupied pew No. 18 in that church in 1790. In 1767 he 
m. Anna Hamilton, who was b. 1747, the daughter of 
Alexander Hamilton, killed by the Indians during the 
Revolution and sister of Robert Hamilton a boy sol- 
dier. She d. at the home of her son, James, in 1808. 
Thomas Espy was a private in Capt. Robert McCallen's 
Co., Col., Galbraith's battalion, Lancaster County Militia, 
Aug. 20, 1775. Proof of his service is on p. 343, Vol. 13, 
2nd. series, Pennsylvania Archives. Thomas Espy died 
early in 1808 and left the following children: 

i. Margaret, b. 1769; m. Samuel Wilson. 

18. a. ir////ffm, b. 1771; m. Elizabeth Nesbit. 

in. Bcichel, b. 1773; m. Robert Bell, May 29, 1788. 

iv. Anna, b. 1776; m. James Grier, Feb. 12,1805. 

19. V. Robert Hamilton, b. 1778; m. Elizabeth Carson. 
vi. Elizabeth, b. 1780; m. Moses Wallace. 

20. vii. James, b. 1782; m. Jane Fife. 

via. Jane, b. 1790; m. John Maloney orMcLowney. 
These dates were all found in Big Spring 
Church records, Newville, Pa. 

VI, James Espy, second son of John and Ann 
Montgomery Espy, was b. Aug. 10, 1741; m. Martha 
McKnight, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Wilson, in Derry 
Church, Dec. 14, 1762, Rev. John Roan, officiating. 
James Espy is known to have paid church assessment in 
Paxtang in 1770, but was located in Northumberland 
County later, where he served as First Lieut., 11th. Co. 
of Samuel Hunter's battalion of associators. Proof of 



28 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

that is found on p. 338, Vol. 14, 2nd. series. Archives of 
Pennsylvania. Later he is known to have owned a 
tract of land near Easton which his sons inherited. He 
died in Philadelphia, July 5, 1843. He had issue: 

i. James, b. 1763; m. had among others, 

Jolm, b. 1788, who m. Mary Dinwiddle in 
1814. Their daughter, Mrs. Margaret 
Thompson, had Miss Mary Espy Thompson, 
of Kenton, Ohio. 
ii. Samuel, b. 1765; m. Had a son Job, whose 
grandson, Edward and family, still live in 
Philadelphia, and three other sons. 
in. Thomas,, b. 1767; m. Jean Sloan; emigrated 
to North Carolina, taking with him Eliza, 
Thomas and Millie, hut all are lost to history. 
iv. Jean, b. 1770. 
V. John, b. 1772. 
vi. William, b. 1775; m. Had son, Dr. William 

0. Espy, b. 1803; d. in Benton, Hiinois, 1861; 
was twice m. and had among others: S. B. 
Espy, of Benton, 111., who has daughter, 
Mrs. Nettie Ward, Manitou, Colo. 

vii. Ann, b. June 6, 1779 in Northnmberland 
County, Pa., m. Loftus Noel in the First 
Baptist Church, Philadelphia, May 25, 1795 
and removed to Kentucky. Had issue: 

1. Washington, 2. Garnrf, 3. Beverly, 4. 
Maria C, m. Rev. William M. McReynolds 
and had Mary Ellen, now Mrs. J. K. Marley, 
Lincoln, Neb., and Miss Fannie McReynolds, 
Dayton, 0., 5. Adeline, 6. Emily, 7. Sarah, 
8. Albert, 9. Theodore. 

via. Elizabeth, m. Cornelius McLean in First 
Baptist Church, Philadelphia, May 11, 1799, 
and all trace of her is lost. 

VII. George Espy, eldest child of Josiali and 
Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. in 1759 in Cumberland 



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County, Pa. In youth he learned the shoe-maker's 
trade, entered the Revolutionary War at 16 years of age 
from Northumberland County and was a bare-foot boy 
at Valley Forge. He was granted a pension for this ser- 
vice in 1832. George and his brother, Thomas, went to 
Fayette County soon after the close of the war and in 
Oct. 1784, George married Polly, daughter of his uncle, 
Peter Patterson Jr., in Old Redstone Church. In 1789 
George Espy settled Espyville, Crawford County and for 
some years carried on a saw mill, grist mill and distillery 
near the "Big Spring." In their later years Mr. Espy 
a,nd wife adopted the Swedenborgian faith. In 1813 
George Espy was commissioned captain and marched to 
Fort Erie with his three sons, Patterson, Thomas Steven- 
son and James, and most of the able-bodied men of the 
neighborhood, but this company was not mustered in for 
service. George and Polly Patterson died and were 
buried on their farm at Espyville. He dying in 1835 
and she some years earlier. They had issue: 
21, i. Nancy, b. 1785; m. Anthony Bennett. 
Patterson, b. 1786; m. Mercy Freeman. 
Jos i ah, b. 1788; m. Susan Denny. 
Thomas Stecenson, b. 1792; d. 1813 on the 
march to Lake Erie and was brought back 
to Espyville and buried on the home lot. 
Anna, b. 1794; m. Josiah Espy Stevenson. 
Georr/e Richard, b. Feb. 23, 1796, at Espyville, 
Pa., d. Feb. 23, 1849, at Fort Madison, Iowa, 
and is buried in the old city grave-yard. He 
studied medicine and practiced his profes- 
sion at Franklin, Venango County, Pa., where 
he was a prominent man in the early part 
of the century. He was for a number of 
years a member of the General Assembly of 
the Commonwealth a.nd made Auditor- 
General in 1839, holding this position for 
live years. Failing health caused him to re- 



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tire from active life and he ended his days 
at the home of his nephew, General Thomas 
S. Espy. He was never married and he left 
a large estate. 

Jmnes, b. 1798; m. Nancy Espy. 
John, b. 1800; m. Margaret Free. 
Hugh McConnick, b. 1802; d. 1859. He m. 
Leonora Murry who died within a year 
when he m. secondly, Jane Green by whom he 
had two children: Viola, m. John Fetter- 
man, lives at Oneida, Tenn. Fred, b. Aug. 
19, 1844; d. June 4, 1885; m. first Rachel 
Williamson, had Fred and Frank, Bowl, 
Tenn; m. second, June 4, 1882, Anna M. 
Carr, b. July 27, 1857; they had: Walter 
Hugh, b. June 16, 1885. 
X. David, b. 1804, d. 1860; m. Jane Murry. They 
had among others Lucy and Murry. Murry 

m. at Warsaw, Ind. Carrie — He died 

in 1863 leaving one son whose daughter, 
Maud, lives at Edwardsville, Mich. 

VIII. John Espy, second child of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was b. in 1761, lived for a number 
of years in Union County, Pa., where he m. in 1795 
Mary Ann Allen, sister of John Allen a soldier of the 
Revolution. Removed to Mercer County and bought a 
farm near the town of Mercer, July 6, 1815, where he 
died in 1830. John Espy was always a farmer and a 
strict Presbyterian. His wife lived to be 93 years old. 
They had issue: 

i. Josiah, b. 1797; d. 1861; m. Mary A. Miller, 

but had no children. 

Cynthia, b. 1799; m. John Sankey. 

Nancy, b. 1800; m. James Espy. 

Samuel Allen, b. 1803; m. Sarah McDonald. 

George W. b. 1806; d. aged six months. 



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VI . Elizabeth, b. 1807; m. David Jackson. 

vii. Riiili, b. 1810; cl. in infancy. 

IX. Mary Espy, third child of Josiah and Elizabeth 
Patterson Espy was b. in 1 763. She v»^as married at Carlisle, 
Pa., to Joseph Stevenson in 1782. He was a soldier of the 
Revolution. After the death of Mr. Stevenson she m. a 
Mr. Caldwell of Cumberland, Md., and for her third hus- 
band she m. a Mr. Scott. Mr. Stevenson was the father 
of all her children. She was a very large, handsome 
woman and deeply religious, being a member of the 
Presbyterian church. She d. in Kittanniug, Pa., at the 
home of her son, Aug. 1833. Her children were: 

/. George Espy, b. 1783. Became a minister 
and died a few hours after preaching his 
trial sermon in 1808. He was unmarried. 

ii. Margaret, b. 1785. A dwarf and weak 

minded. 
Hi. Elizabeth, b. 1786. Vfas suffocated in a 
"trundel-bed" while playing "hide and seek." 
Aged seven years. 

iv. John H., b. 1788; was a merchant of Gettys- 
burg, Pa.; d. in Philadelphia in 1868; m. a 
Miss Russell and had: Alex., John and 
liiissell. 

Josiah Espy, b. 1792; m. Anna Espy. 
Joseph Patterson, b. 1792; m. three times. 
Maria, b. 1795; m. McKee. 
Mary Anna, b. 1803; m. Frederick Robrer. 

X. Thomas Espy, fourth child of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was b. 1767; m. in Fayette County, 
Pa., at Old Redstone Church, in the year 1785, his cousin 
Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of William Patterson a 
Revolutionary soldier. They came to the northwest 
territory n.nd settled in "what is now Warren County, 
Ohio, in 1795. About two years later he was one of the 
early settlers on the Little Miami and became the 



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owner of a fine farm. In connection with Gov. Morrow, 
he helped to organize the first Associate Eeformed 
church north-west of the Ohio river. Later in life he 
removed to Rossville, Butler County, Ohio, and dying 
there in 1833 was buried in the old grave-yard at Ham- 
ilton, which is now a city park. Thomas Espy was 
afflicted with cataract on his eyes in his old age. His 
wife died in 1840 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 
Jacobs, near Piqua, 0. They had issue: 

i. Mary, b. 1786; m. John Kibby, had nine 

daughters all of whom are dead but the 

tenth child and only son, Judge John F. 

Kihhy is still living at Richmond, Ind. 
a. Anna, b. 1788; m. John Jacobs and has 

children living at Piqua, 0. 

Josiah, b. 1790; m. Margaret Mitchell. 

William Patterson, b. 1792; m. Elizabeth 

Johnson. 

Betsey, b. 1794; died unmarried. 

Nancy, b. 1798; m. John Morrow. 

Sarah, b. 1800; m. Thos. L. Steele, no 

children. 

Thomas, b. 1802; m. Susan Morton. 

James, b. 1803; m. Eliza Sifes. 

Matilda, b. 1807; m. William Linn, no 

children. 
35. xi. George M., b. 1812; m. Mrs. Lucinda Parvin. 

XI. Anna Espy, fifth child of Josiah and Elizabeth 
Espy, b. 1769, was m. near Lexington, Ky., Feb. 28, 1797, 
>.. to Joseph Simpson and settled in Mount Sterling, where 
they lived till 1818, when Joseph Simpson removed to 
Princeton, Ky., where Anna d. 1831. This couple had 
portraits painted that are now owned by Miss Ann 
Wetherhold, Macomb, 111. Their children were: 

/. Jane Burr, b. Dec. 19, 1797; m. Mr. Garnett. 
ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1799; m. Dr. Playdon. 
Hi. Maria, h. March 17, 1801; m. Mr. Rowland. 



30. 


711. 


31. 


iv. 




V. 


32. 


vi. 




Vll. 


33. 


via. 


34. 


ix. 




X. 



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36. iv. Mart ha Mitchell, b. March 4, 1803; m. Burr 

Caldwell. 

37. V. James Wilkinson, b. Dec. 20, 1804; m. E. 

Hathaway. 

38. vi. Caroline, b. Oct. 1, 1806; m. McGowan. 

vii. Josiah Esj) If, h.l^OY.. 2, 180S; m. Ann Eliza 
Rice. Had issue: 

1. Benjamin, m. Flora Walker. 

2. William, m. Beulah Allison. 

3. Joseph Espij, m. Helen Dean. 

4. Julia Frances, m. A. P. Wetherhold. 

5. Clay S., m. first, Sarah Brawley, second, 
Lucy Good. 

6. James, m. Jane Watson. 

via. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1810; d. 1870, un- 
married. 
ix. George Washington, b. May 12, 1812. 

XII. JosiAH Espy, sixth child of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was born in 1771. When his 
fp.ther moved to Kentucky, Josiah remained with his 
uncle David, of Bedford, which gave him some social 
and educational advantages, he would not otherwise 
have had. In 1791 he received an appointment as clerk 
in the War Department at Philadelphia; later w^as in 
the State Legislature from Bedford. In 1805 he visited 
Ohio, of which tour he preserved a brief journal, which 
has been published in the "Ohio Valley Historical 
Series." Later in life he located at Columbus, Ohio. 
Was cashier of the Franklin bank of that place from 
1826 till 1843. He married in 1812, Maria Moore Mur- 
dock, daughter of Judge Patrick Henry Murdock of 
Cumberland, Md. Josiah Espy d. 1847 in Columbus, 0. 
His children were: 

39. i. Henri/ Patrick, h. 1814; m. Lucy Crain. 

40. //. Lovinia, b. 1818; m. James F. Morehead. 

ni. James, b. 1824; m. Jane T. Andrews, 1854, 
has, 1. James, 2. Arthur, 3. Janie. He is 



34 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

still living (1905) and is president of the 
Ohio Valley National Bank, Cincinnati, 0. 
iv. Isabella, 11, b. 1827; m. Dr. Francis Carter 
in 1854. Dr. Carter was Dean of Sterling 
Medical College, Columbus, 0., where his 
widow d. in Oct. 1902. They had no children. 
41 V. Ellen Graham, h. 1829; m. James Colbertson 
McCoy. 

Josiah Espy was the father of five other 
children who d. young. 

XIII. Hugh Espy, seventh child of Josiah and 
Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. May 4, 1774, and d. of 
cholera, at Jeffersonville, Ind., Oct. 21, 1832. He was a 
cabinet-maker, but settling very early in Indiana, he be- 
came a school teacher; was m. at Clarksville, Ind., to 
Sarah, daughter of General Joseph Bartholomew and 
Christiana, his wife, of Laurel Hill, Pa. General Bar- 
tholomew was an Indian scout at 10 years of age and a 
soldier of the Revolution. Was severely wounded in 
the battle of Tippecanoe in the war of 1812 and pro- 
moted to Brigadier General. He removed to McLean 
County, 111., where he died in 1830. Sarah, his eldest 
child was b. Sept. 26, 1778 and d. Jan. 20, 1859. Hugh 
Espy, after his marriage became a farmer and owned 
1000 acres of land and many slaves. He was a follower 
of Emanuel Swedenborg; served in war of 1812 in Capt. 
Morris' company, from Sept. 11th. to Nov. 24th. 1811. 
(See Filson Club's Publication, No. 15. "The Battle of 
Tippecanoe.") He had issue: 

i. Josiah Barfholo)iiew, b. June 7, 1807; d. Mar. 

7, 1831; unmarried. 
it. Mariah, b. Dec. 1, 1808; m. 1830, Charles 

Morris and settled in Bloomtield, Iowa. Has 

children. 
Hi. John Milton, b. Aug. 3, 1810; m. June 12, 

1834, Elizabeth McClintock. Had 2 sons. 



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iv. James Thomas, (twin) b. Aug. 3, 1810; d. Sept. 

11, 1831; unmarried. 
V. Catherine M., b. 1815; m. 1834, James B. 
McHolland; has children living in Washing- 
ton, Ind. 

42. vL Eliza, b. Feb. 1817; m. 1839, John Alloway. 

43. vii. George Neivport, b. Nov. 1819; m. 1842, Han- 

nah Smith. 
via. Isaac Hugh, b. Oct. 1822; m. Ann Sabine in 
1847, who d. 1889. He was a wealthy and 
influential man at Jeffersonville, Ind., be- 
fore the war. He has no children; now lives 
at Chester, 111., with Mrs. Wilkinson, a niece 
whom he adopted. 

44. ix. David Emanuel, b. Feb. 1824; m. 1848, Mary 

Shields. 

45. X. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 1826; m. 1848, C. 

McCiintock. 

XIV. Martha Espy, youngest daughter of Josiah 
and Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. Aug. 3, 1777; d. 
Sept. 1864. She was m. to James Mitchell, son of David 
and Margaret Mitchell of Derry Township, Lancaster 
County, Pa., in 1794; while her parents were yet in Ken- 
tucky, but the young couple soon removed to Green 
County, Ohio, where they lived and died. Mr. Mitchell 
and his wife weie Seceder Presbyterians in faith. Their 
children were: 
80. /. Margaret, b. Aug. 3, 1795; m. Josiah Espy. 

a. David, b. 1797; m. Mary Morrow; daughter 
of Governor Morrow; d. 1850 at Manisville, 
0,, and left children. 
///. Eliza, b. 1799: m. Adam Winter; d. 1839 and 

left ten children. 
iv. Anna Stevenson, b. 1802; m. David Jackson; 

d. 1861. 
V. Maria, b. 1803; m. James Currie; d. 1848, 
left one son. 





Vlt. 




vin. 




ix. 




X. 


47. 


xi. 


48. 


xii. 



36 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

vi. James Espy, b. 1805; m. ; d. 1860 and left 

children. 

Josiali, b. 1807; d. 1863; unmarried. 
Thomas, b. 1811; m. — ; has children, Platts- 
mouth, Neb. 

Sarah, b. 1813; m ; d. childless in 1860. 

Robert Armstrong, b. 1815; m. Miss Campbell; 
d. 1896. 

Francis R., b. 1817; m. Louise Wright. 
Samuel Kyle, b. 1822; m. Elizabeth . 

XV. David Espy, ninth child of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was b. 1779. He settled near his 
brother Thomas, in Warren County, Ohio, before he 
was of age. He purchased from his brother 100 acres of 
land for $350.00 on which he built a home. The post- 
village of Twenty Mile Stand (20 miles from Cincinnati) 
is on this land. He subsequently purchased other and 
larger tracts. He is remembered as a neat and dressy 
old man, the last survivor of the pioneers of the region 
in which he lived. He married Dorcas Keene. Though 
not a man of wealth he retired in old age from the ac- 
tive labor of his farm and lived at ease. He had re- 
ceived the doctrine of Swedenborg from his brother 
Josiah; and at his large and comfortable house the min- 
isters of the "new church" were made welcome, and 
there they sometimes preached "the heavenly doctrine 
of the New Jerusalem." His brother, Prof. James Espy, 
was a fi-equent visitor and he sometimes, sitting on a 
chair in David's parlor would give conversational lec- 
tures to the neighbors and friends on rain-storms and 

David Espy d. in 1863. He had issue: 

Mary, b. ; m. John Westcott. 

James, died unmarried. 

Eliza, m. first, G. S. Stine, second, Rev. D. 

Powell; no issue. 
iv. Ann, m. Ezekiel Woodruff in 1829; lived on 

a farm in Warren County, Ohio,; had issue: 



orna( 


does 


49. 


i. 




ti. 




III. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 37 

1. Manj, 2. Eliza, m. Samuel Ware; 3. 
Josiah, 4. Sarah, 5. David, (twin) and 6. 
Dorcas, m. Thomas Blackburn. 
V. Eunice, d. unmarried; was executrix of her 

father's will. 
vi. Josiah, died unmarried. 

XVI. James Espy, youngest child of Josiah and 
Elizabeth Patterson Espy, who after 1 ds marriage wrote 
his name James Pollard Espy, was b. in Westmorland 
County, Pa., May 9, 1785. Pie was the most distinguished 
man of the Espy name. His youth was passed in Ken- 
tucky and Ohio, and having an ardent desire for knowl- 
edge he commenced teaching school as a means for 
obtaining a classical education at Transylvania Uni- 
versity, Lexington, Ky. His brother Josiah, when at 
Lexington iu 1805, wrote: "Here I met my youngest 
brother, James, whom 1 had not seen since he was an 
infa^nt. I found him at the University where he has 
made considera,ble progress in the dead languages and 
in general science. He discovers an ardent desire after 
knowlegde and promises to be intelligent and useful." 
Leaving the University in 1808, he taught an academy 
at Cumberland, Md. Pie studied law and practiced that 
profession four years at Xenia, Ohio. In 1812 he mar- 
ried Miss Margaret Pollard of Cumberland, Md. In 1817 
he became a teacher of classics in Philadelphia; that 
city was his home for twenty years. Prof. Bache says 
that Espy became known as one of the best Classical 
and Mathematical instructors in Philadelphia. He soon, 
however, had his attention drawn to natural science 
and about 1828 he began his studies and investigations 
in the cause of storms, which made him the foremost 
American Meteorologist. In 1833 he wrote a summary 
of his theory of the upward movement of the air in 
sLorms and of their self-sustaining power from the 
evolution of latent heat. In 1834 he became Meteorolo- 
gist of both the Franklin Institute and the American 



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38 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Philosophical societj^ of Philadelphia. In 1836 he aban- 
doned the profession of teaching and began lecturing 
before scientific bodies and popular audiences. These 
lectures caused him to be popularly known as the 
"Storm King." In 1840 he visited Europe and presented 
his theory of storms before the British Association and 
the French Academy of Science. It was during the dis- 
cussion that followed the presentation of his theory 
before the French Academy that Arago said: "France 
has its Cuvier, England its Newton, America its Espy." 
In 1841 his "The Philosophy of Storms" was published 
at Boston. In 1843 he was appointed the first Meteor- 
ologist of the U. S. Government and was assigned to 
duty, first, under the Surgeon- General of the Army, next 
under the Secretary of the Navy, and finally in 1848 
under the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
His four voluminous reports were published by the 
government. His most important scientific publication 
was his Fourth Report, published in 18e57. His work in 
Washington was terminated in 1859 and he then spent 
sometime in visiting his relatives and friends in Ohio 
and Pennsylvania. While on a visit to Oincinatti, Prof. 
Espy was stricken with paralysis January 17, 1860, and 
died at the residence of his nephew, John Westcott, 
Jan. 24th. He was buried in the cemetery at Harris- 
burg by the side of his wife who had died ten years be- 
fore. Soon after his death Moncure D. Conway pub- 
lished at Cincinatti "The Human Will, a series of 
Posthumus Essays by the late James Pollard Espy"v/ith 
a brief memoir of the author. Mr. Conway who had 
known Prof. Espy intimately in Washington, says: 
"The character of Prof. Espy was as pure and elev;ited 
as any it has been our happiness to meet. His word, 
with those who met him, was truth itself; his innocence 
like that of a child." Prof. Espy w^as not a member of 
any church, but in Philadelphia he had a pew in the 
Unitarian church. He died childless, and in his will he 



IWW 




Prof. James P. Espy 

(From his last photograph . ) 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 39 

bequeathed all his property (about $20,000) to his rela- 
tives. His will is remarkable in that while his relatives 
both male and female, were numerous, he left no money 
to any male person. The name of James P. Espy, 
American Meteorologist, is the only Espy found worthy 
of a place in dictionaries of universal biography. Prof. 
Espy had his portrait painted by Peale; after his 
death it was presented to the Smithsonian Institution 
and now hangs up stairs in one of the offices. Miss 
Westcott and Mrs. Alexander also have paintings, made 
later. 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ON THE 

DEATH OF PROF. JAMES P. ESPY. 

Saturday, Feb. 4, 1860. 

A meeting of the Board of Regents was held this 
day, at 10 o'clock a. m. 

Present: Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Hon. James 
A. Pearco, Hon. S. A. Douglass, Professor C. C. Felton, 
Professor A. D. Bache, Hon. J. G. Berret and the Secre- 
tary. 

Mr. Breckenridge was called to the chair. The 
minutes were read and approved. The Secretary an- 
nounced the death of the following persons who had 
been officially connected and otherwise with the opera- 
tions of the Institution: Washington Irving, an hon- 
orary member. Prof. W. W. Turner, Prof. James P. Espy 
and G. Wurdemann, Esqs. 

Prof. Felton then addressed the Board as follows: 
Mr. Chancellor: The year 1859 will be memorable in 
the history of civilization for the number of illustrious 
men who have passed away from the scene of their 
earthly labor in its course. The year 1769 was remark- 
able for the numborof men born in it, who have changed 
the whole aspect of science and letters and the political 
condition of the world. Of the great men born in that 



40 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

year, one Humbolt, the most eminent of all, lived to the 
year 1859, thus spanning over the intei'val between 
them by a life of ninety years consecrated to the high- 
est objects of human pursuits. 

The Smithsonian Institution has to lament an un- 
usual number of those connected with it among the dis- 
tinguished dead of the past year. (The venerable Mr. 
Rush has already been fitly commemorated by a mem- 
ber of the Board.) I take the liberty of offering a few 
remarks upon two others whose death the country de- 
plores. (Prof. Turner and Washington Irving are the 
men to whom he refers, and sets forth beautifully their 
separate talents, characters, etc.) 

Prof. Bache then made the following remarks: 

James P. Espy, one of the most original and suc- 
cessful meteorologists of the present time, died in Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, on the 24th. of January, 1860, in the 
seventy-fifth year of his age, after an illness of a week, 
at the residence of his nephew-in-law, John Westcott. 

The early career of Mr. Espy as an instructor, was 
marked by the qualities which led to his later distinc- 
tion in science. He was of the best classical and mathe- 
matical instructors in Philadelphia, which at that day 
numbered Dr. Wylie, Mr. Sanderson and Mr. Crawford 
among its teachers. 

Impressed by the researches and writings of Dalton 
and of Daniell on meteorology, Mr. Espy began to ob- 
serve the phenomena and then to experiment on the 
facts which formed the ground-work of the science. As 
he observed, experimented and studied, his enthusiasm 
grew, and his desire to devote himself exclusively to the 
increase and diffusion of the science, finally became so 
strong that he determined to give up his school and to 
rely for the means of prosecuting his rescfirches upon 
his slender savings, and the success of his lectures, 
probably the most original which have ever been deliv- 
ered on the subject. His first course was delivered be- 



THE E8PY FAMILY IN AMERICA 41 

fore the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, of which he 
had long been an active member, and where he met 
kindred spirits, ready to discuss the principles or the 
applications of science and prepared to extend their 
views over the whole horizon of physical and mechani- 
cal research. As chairman of the committee on meteor- 
ology, Mr. Espy had a large share in the organization of 
the complete system of meteorological observations 
carried on by the institute under the auspices and with- 
in the limits of the State of Pennsylvania. 

"Mr. Espy's theory of storms was developed in suc- 
cessive memoirs in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, 
containing discussions of the changes of temperature, 
and moisture of the air, and in the direction and force 
of the wind and other phenomena attending remarkable 
storms in the United States and on the ocean adjacent 
to the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. Assuming great sim- 
plicity as it was developed and founded on the estab- 
lished laws of physics and ui^on ingenious and well- 
directed original experiments, this theory drew general 
attention to itself especially in the United States. A 
memoir submitted anonymously to the American Philo- 
sophical society of Philadelphia, gained for Mr. Espy 
the Magellanic premium in the year 1836 after a discus- 
sion remarkable for ingenuity and closeness in its pro- 
gress, and for the almost unanimity of its result. 

Mr. Espy was eminently social in his mental habits 
full of bonhommie and of enthusiasm, easily kindling 
a glow of social mental action. In the meetings and 
free discussions in a club formed for promoting research, 
and especially for scrutinizing the labors of its members 
— and of which Sears L. Walker, Prof. Henry, Henry D. 
Rogers and myself were members — Mr. Espy found the 
mental stimulus he needed, and the criticism he courted, 
the best aids and checks on his observation, speculation, 
and ex periments. But there was one person who had more 
influence upon him than all others besides, stimulating 



42 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

him to progress and urging him forward in each step 
with a zeal which never flagged — this was his wife. 
Having no children to occupy her care, and being of 
high mental endowment and of enthusiastic tempera- 
ment, she found a never-failing source of interest and 
gratification in watching the development of Mr. Espy's 
scientific ideas, the progress of his experiments, and the 
results of his reading and studies; the collection and 
collation of observations of natural phenomena in the 
poetical region of the storm, the tornado and of the 
aurora. Mrs. Espy's mind was essentially literary, and 
she could not aid her husband in his scientific inquiries 
or experiments; her health was delicate and she could 
not assist him in his out-door observations; but she sup- 
plied what was of more importance than these aids — a 
genial and loving interest ever manifested in his pur- 
suits and successes and in his very failures. Alere 
flammam was the office of her delicate and poetical tem- 
perament. Younger than Mr. Espy, she nevertheless 
died some years before him in 1850, leaving him to 
struggle alone in the decline of life without the sustain- 
ing power of her devoted and enthusiastic nature. 

Having in a great degree matured his theory of 
storms, having made numerous inductions from obser- 
vations and having written a great deal in regard to it, 
Mr. Espy took the bold resolution, though past middle 
age, to throw himself into a new career, laying aside all 
ordinary employments and devoting himself to the 
diffusion of the knowledge which he had collected and 
increased, by lecturing in the towns, villages and cities 
of the United States. This proved a successful under- 
taking and by its originality attracted more attention to 
his views than could have been obtained, probably, in 
any other way. He soon showed remarkable power in 
explaining his ideas. 

His simplicity and clearness enabled his hearers to 
follow him without too great effort, and the earnestness 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 43 



with which he spoke out his convictions carried them 
away in favor of his theory. The same power which 
enabled him to succeed in liis lecturing career procured 
subsequently for Mr. Espy the support and encourage- 
ment of some of the leading men in Congress, and es- 
pecially in the Senate, and also in the executive depart- 
ment, their attention was arrested by the originality of 
his views and his warmth in presenting them and he 
imparted so much of his conviction of their truth as to 
induce many of our statesmen and official persons to 
exert themseU^es to procure for him, under the patron- 
age of the government, continued opportunities for 
study, research and the comparison of observations. To 
the consistent support of his scientific friends, and par- 
ticularly of the Secretary of this Institution, Mr. Espy 
owed also much in obtaining the opportunities of keep- 
ing in a scientific career. His reports to the Surgeon 
General of the Army, to Congress, and to the Secretary 
of the Navy, are among his latest efforts in this direction. 

The earnest and deep convictions of the truth of 
his theory in all its parts, and his glowing enthusiasm 
in regard to it, perhaps, also, the age which he had 
reached, preveuted Mr. Espy from passing beyond a cer- 
tain point in the development of his theory. The same 
constitution of mind rendered his inductions from ob- 
servation often unsafe. His views were positive and his 
conclusions absolute, and so was the expression of them. 
He was not prone to examine and re-examine premises 
and conclusions, but considered what had once been 
passed upon by his judgment as finally settled. Hence 
his views did not make that impression upon cooler 
temperament, among men of science to which they were 
entitled — obtaining more credit among scholars and 
men of general reading in our country, than among 
scientific men and making but little progress abroad. 

Feeling that his bodily vigor was failing and that 
his life must soon close, the Secretary of the Smithson- 



44 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

ian Institution induced him to re-examine the various 
parts of his meteorological theories of storms, torna- 
does and water spouts, and to insert in his last report, 
while it was going through the press, an account of his 
most mature views. I trust that the Secretary will in 
one of his reports, give us a thorough and critical ex- 
amination of the works and services of this remarkable 
contributor to a branch of science, the knowledge of 
which the Smithsonian Institution has already done so 
much to advance and to diffuse. On motion of Prof. 
Bache, the following resolutions were adopted: 

Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian In- 
stitute have learned with deep regret the decease of 
James P. Espy, one of the most useful and zealous of 
the meteorologists co-operating with the Institution, 
and whose labors in both increase and diffusion of 
knowledge of meteorology have meri.ed the highest 
honors at home and have added to the reputation of our 
country abroad. 

Resolved, That the Regents offer to the relatives 
of Mr. Espy, their sincere condolence in the loss of 
which they have sustained. 

On motion of Mr. Pearce, it was resolved that re- 
marks of Prof. Bache be entered in the proceedings, 

COPY OF the will OF PROF. JAMES P. ESPY. 

Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 24, 1857. 

In the beginning of this my last will and testament, 
I wish to express my most profound reverence for the 
Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and my unwavering 
belief that everything which I have experienced during 
my whole life, (as well the pains as the pleasures) has 
been so arranged by His iulinite goodness and wisdom 
as to result in good to me; by educating me to a higher 
state of knowledge, and to a more intense love of good- 
ness, and so to prepare me for an eternity of happiness 
after death. 

If it is better for me to exist happy after death, 1 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 45 



shall so exist, as certain as there is a God, of infinite 
Goodness, Wisdom and Power; and if it is better for me 
to suffer some pain hereafter, for the sake of further im- 
provement, 1 doubt not that an infinitely good and wise 
Father has ai-ranged it that I shall suffer. 

Heavenly Father, with unwaivering confidence in 
Thy love, I commit myself, and the whole human 
family, Tliy children, to Thy holy keeping. 

It is my last will, that at my death, my sister-in- 
law, Mary H. Espy of Harrisburg, shall have in her own 
right, the Four Thousand Dollars for which I now hold 
her bond and mortgage, and I therefore desire that this 
bond mortgage shall be cancelled at my death. 

I wish that Prof. A. D. Bache of the Coast Survey, 
shall have my microscope; Prof. Joseph Henry of the 
Smithsonian Institute, my telescope; and the Hon. Chas. 
Brown of Philadelphia, my watch. 

I leave to my sister-in-law, Maria M. Espy, of 
Columbus. Ohio, One Thousand Dollars; to her daughter 
Lavinia, One Thousand; to her daughter Isabella, One 
Thousand; and to her daughter Ellen, One Thousand. 

I leave to Lavinia M. P. Williams, niece of my wife 
Margaret Espy, Two Thousand Dollars; to Eliza Powel, 
my niece, One Thousand Dollars; to my niece, Eunice 
Espy, daughter of my brother David Espy, Five 
Hundred. 

I leave to Eliza E. Sergeant, daughter of Mary H. 
Espy aforesaid. One Thousand Dollars; to my sister-in- 
law, Priscilla Douglas, One Thousand Five Hundred 
Dollars; to my grand niece, Thirza L. Westcott, Two 
Thous.md Dollars; to my grand niece, Minerva West- 
cott, Two Thousand Dollars; and to my grand niece, 
Phoebe Westcott, One Thousand Dollars. 

n* there is anything left over after these legacies 
are paid, 1 wish it to be equally divided between my 
two grand nieces, Thirza L. Westcott and Minerva 
Westcott aforesaid, as my residuary legatees; but if my 



46 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

estate should not be sufficient to pay all these legacies 
in full, then I wish, after pajdng Mary H. Espy's legacy 
in full, that cancelling the bond and mortgage afore- 
said, that the rest of the legatees be paid pro rata. 

And I hereby constitute Mary H. Espy, and Thirza 
L. Westcott aforesaid, my Executrices to carry into 
execution this my last will and testament; in witness 
w^iereof I have hereto set my hand and seal, this 24th 
day of August, 1857. 

[seal] James P. Espy. 

XVII. Mary Espy, eldest child of Col. David Espy, 
and Jane Woods, his wife, was b. 1779; d. Nov. 28, 1815, 
at Bedford, Pa. She m. John Anderson, M. D. July 10, 
1807. Dr. Anderson was b. May 1, 1770; d. March 1840. 
This family still own and occupy the old home of Col. 

\ Espy, in which he entertained General Washington at 

the time of the "Whiskey Insurrection." They had issue: 
i. George Woods, b. June 27, 1808; d. June 20, 
1879; graduated from University of Penn- 
sylvania; m. Caroline Mossell and had 
. children: 1. Perrtj Woods, 2. George M. 

50. ii. Espy Li/ott, b. 1810; m. Louisa H. Watson. 
Hi. Ann Jane, d. in infancy. 

w. ilfo'r//, m. Frank Johnson and had children: 
1. Alex, 2. Ross, 3. Mary, m. Prof. Sloane of 
Princeton College, and had children. 
V. Elizabeth, d. unmarried. 

XVIII. William Espy, eldest son of Thomas and 
Anna Hamilton Espy was b. Jan. 21, 1769; m. Elizabeth 
Nisbet, who was b. April 27, 1780. They settled near 
New Castle, Pa. Their children were: 

/. b. Jan. 1, 1797. 

n. b. Sept. 10, 1799. 

51. Hi. Thomas, b. Aug. 9, 1801. 

iv. Nishet, b. April 12, 1803, died young. 

52. u. Bohert Hamilton, b. March 8, 1805. 



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vi. Rachel, b. Feb. 25, 1807. 
vii Betsey, b. May 27, 1809. 

53. via. John, b. March 2, 1811. 

ix. Jean, b. June 3, 1813. 
X. Marcij Thompson, b. April 19, 1815. 
xi. Patty, b. June 28, 1817. 

XIX. Robert Espy, son of Thomas and Anna 
Hamilton Espy, was born 1778, m. Elizabeth Carson, 
March 14, 1810; ceremony performed by Rev. Joshua 
Williams of Big Spring Church. This couple settled in 
Dauphin County, near Harrisburg, but later moved to 
Butler County, Pa. Their children were: 

/. Margaret Ann, b. 1812; m. Mr. Medley of 

Ohio. 
/?'. Thomas, b. 1814; d. aged 2 years. 
///. Samuel, b. 1816; d. at Portersville, Pa. aged 

00 years. 
iv. Jane, b. 1818; m. Mr. Oliver, still living in 

Portersville, Pa. 
V. Bachel, b. 1820; m. Mr. Templeton of Ohio. 
VI. William, b. 1822; m. Mary Sharp. Went to 

California in 1850. 
vii. Elizabeth, b. 1824; m. Jam.es Sharp. 

54. via. Robert Hamilton, b. Feb. 10, 1826. 

ix. Thomas, b. 1828; m.; d. childless. 
Two others that died young. 

XX. James Espy, eighth child of Thomas and Anna 
Hamilton Espy was b. in Cumberland County, Pa., Sept. 
29, 1782; d. 1858 in Upper St. Clair Township, Allegheny 
County, Pa. He m. Jane Fife, Jan. 8, 1807; Their 
children were: 

55. /. Thomas, b. Nov. 23, 1807; m. Elizabeth 

Hickman. 
//. Margaret, b. June 23, 1809; m. Thompson 
Fife. Had children: 1. James, d. in Civil 
War, 2. William Fife, 3. Albert A. 



48 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



in. William, b. April 14, 1811; m. . Had 

children: 1. James, h. March 13, 1837, liv- 
ing in Pittsburg, 2. Alex,h. May 13, 1839, 
living at Homestead, 3. Margaret, b. Dec. 
29,1841; m. Mr. Anderson, living at Car- 
negie, Pa., 4. William, b. Jan. 12, 1845, 
Beaver Falls, Pa., 5. Mrs. Manj Walker, 
(twin) b. Jan. 12, 1845, Librar)% Pa., 6. Mrs. 
Jennie Higbee, b. Oct. 9, 1847; m. Sept. 11, 
1873. Residence; Grandview^ Ave., Pittsburg. 

iv. Ann, b. March 2, 1813; m. Thomas Morrow. 
Had children: t Thomas Espg, 2. Eliza J., 
3. Mary A. 
56. V. James,'h. July 23, 1815; m. Susan Sill. 

vi. Elizaheth, b. Aug. 7, 1817; m. James Wilson. 
Had children: 1. Thomas, 2. James, 3. Wil- 
liam, entered Civil War and d. of camp fever. 
vii. Mary, b. Oct. 9, 1819; m. Dr. Joseph McCor- 
mick of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., where she d. in 
1894. Children: 1. James Espy, 2. John 
C, 3. Joseph D., 4. Thomas, 5. Jane, 6. 3Iar- 
garet,7. William E., 8. Mary Ida, 9. Martha 
E., eight of whom survive her. 
via. Jane, b. April 11, 1823, died young. 

ix. John, b. March 3, 1826; m. Margaret Smith, 
a daughter of John Smith, a native of Scot- 
land and had issue: 1. Margaret, m. J. J. 
Van Eiman, 2. James, m. Laura Wilson, 3. 
John Smith, m. Alice Wilson, 4. Howard, 5. 
William Eife, 6. George M., b. Feb. 10, 1865; 
m. Feb. 22, 1888, Mary B. Morgan, daughter 
of John Morgan and Rebecca Hickman. 
John Espy d. Feb. 1904 in Pittsburg, Pa., 
where his widow still lives. 

XXI. Nancy Espy, eldest child of George and Polly 
Patterson Espy, was b. June 18, 1785; m. Oct. 29, 1805, 
Col. Anthony Bennett, who came from the Connecticut 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 49 

settlements on the Susquehanna River, to Crawford 
County, Pa., in 1800. He was a highly respected man 
and Col. of a Regiment in the war of 1812. They had 
issue: 

i. Espy, b. 1806; m. Esther Logan and had 
issue: 1. Nancy Espy, second wife of Joseph 
Linn, b. Oct. 4, 1831; m. Sept. 1, 1859. 
Children: Frank Espy, b. 1860, Charles 
Anthony, h. 1862, Dr. Sylvester M., Ella B. 
2. William, 3. John, 4. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, 
5. George, 
a. Anna, m. Isaac Burwell of Crawford County, 
Pa. ch. — Wm., Marjory and Samuel. 

Hi. Wm, m. Laura and had Wm. R. and 

Sabrina. 
iv. Thomas Stevenson, b. Sept. 15, 1812; m. Sarah 
Ann Rounds and had Olive, b. Oct. 10, 1842; 
m. N. M. Wright Feb. 4, 1863, a lawyer of 
Connersville, Ind., and has three children; 
1. Wm. Bennett,h. Jan. 22, 1864; m. Katherine 
Rippetoe, Oct. 26, 1887, and had: Charles 
Hoivard, b. Nov. 26, 1894. 2. Natha?iiel Cur- 
wen, b. Aug. 11, 1870; m. Laura M. Beach, 
April 25, 1893. 3. Etha Anne, b. March 6, 
1874. 
V. Mary, m. Robert Logan and had: Mary, 

who m. H. D. Collins of Espyville Station. 
vi. Nancy Jane, m. Horace Rounds and had: 
Margaret, Mrs. Hannah Mason of Davenport, 
Iowa, Mrs. Nancy Lamb, Townville, Pa., and 
William, unmarried. 
vii. Margaret, m. De Loss Cole of Andover, 0. 

ch. — Frank and William, 
viii. Marjory, m. Jacob Forner and had: Mrs. 
Olive Loomis, Henry, Mary, Mrs. K. Harvey, 
Eveline, who m. 1st. David Logan and had 
Mary, m. secondly, Samuel Hollister; d. at 



50 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Fairfield, Iowa. Children: Beuj. m. Mercy 
Allen, 2. Chloe, m. Milton Skinner. 
ix. James Patterson, b. 1827; m. Lucinda White 
and lives on a farm near Birniinghani, Iowa. 
Children: Fred, Elmer , Alta and Otto, all of 
whom are married. 

XXir Patterson Espy, eldest son of George and 
Polly Patterson Espy, was b. Dec. 12, 1786. He was 
educated for the Presbyterian ministry at Jefferson Col- 
lege, Cannonsburg, Pa., but afterwards studied law. He 
m. April 5, 1810, Mercy Freeman, a daughter of Alexan- 
der Freeman, who served in the militia of Essex County, 
N. J., during the Revolution, and Mrs. Phoebe (nee 
Clarkson) Wilson, his wife. Mercy Freeman was b. 
May 20, 1787 and d. Jan. 20, 1862. Their home was al- 
ways the farm at Espyville and as business kept the 
father much at the county seat (Meadville) the care of 
their large family fell upon the brave and faithful 
mother whose children revere her memory. Patterson 
Espy d. July 18, 1859. They had issue: 

57. i. Phoebe, b. Jan. 13, 1811; m. Joseph Free Pat- 

ton. 

58. a. Maria, b. Feb. 12, 1812; m* John Dickey. 

59. ///. Thomas Stevenson, b. March 26, 1814; m. 

Mary A. Mc Bride. 

iv. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 20, 1816: m. Robert Free; 

d. April 9, 1843. 
V. Behecea Jane, b. March 19, 1818; d. Feb. 20, 

1820. 

60. vi. Pamelia, b. July 3, 1820; m. three times. 

vii. Rosinia M., b. May 25, 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1843. 

61. via. Alexander Clarkson, b. Nov. 27, 1824; m. 

Sarah Espy. 

62. ix. Stejjhen Barlow, h. June 8, 1827; m. Rebecca 

Cutler. 
X. George Washinr/ton, b. Feb. 17, 1829; m. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 51 

Sarah Garrison and d. July 29, 1854, left no 
children. 

XXIII. JosiAH Espy, son of George and Polly Pat- 
terson Espy, was b. Dec. 29, 1788. He m. Susan Denny 
Sept. 20, 1810. She was b. March 29, 1790. He was 
always a farmer of Venango County, Pa. During the 
great "Oil Craze" in 1860, he started many wells which 
are still flowing. He d. in 1863. He had issue: 

/. Ullliam Denny, b. March 15, 1812; m. Mrs. 
Aurelia McDowell in 1864 and d. 1879 child- 
less. 

a. Mary, b. March 24, 1814; m. A. J. McClin- 
tock and d. 1855 without issue. 

///. George Paffersoit, b. Dec. 9, 1817; m. Mary 
Jewell, April 15, 1853 and d. May 30, 1894, 
having children: 1. Jessie, b. 1854; d. 1859. 
2. KateD., b. July 11, 1859; m. W. Preston 
McCray, March 20, 1879. 3. George Riehard, 
b. Feb. 1, 1870. Residence, Petrolium Cen- 
ter, Pa. 

iv. Cassandra, b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. March 10, 1872. 

V. John Free, b. March 3, 1822; m. Sarah David- 
son. Had issue: Walter, James, William 
W., John, Susan, Behecca, Helen. 

vi. Angelina, b. 1824; m. George W. McClintock 
wiio d. 1885, and left one son, Espg\ m. 
Florence, daughter of Judge Davis of Mead- 
ville, Pa., and had Alarion and Josephine. 
After Espy McClintock d. in 1880, his widow^ 
became Mrs. May of Atlanta, Ga. 

XXIV. Anna Espy, daughter of George and Polly 
Patterson Espy was b. in 1790 and d. July 16, 1864, at 
the home of her daughter in Michigan. She m, her 
cousin Dr. Josiah Espy Stevenson of Kittanning, Pa., in 
1815. She was an educated and earnest woman and 
gave public lectures on the subject of temperance and 



52 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

woman's wrongs, all her early married life. She also 
wrote for the papers. She was a devout member of the 
Methodist church after her conversion in 1844. Dr. 
Stevenson, son of Joseph and Mary Espy Stevenson, was 
b. at Strawsburg, Va., March 10, 1790. He studied 
medicine at the Philadelphia College, and was a surgeon 
at Fort Erie during the war of 1812, after which time 
he settled in Kittanning and had a large practice. Had 
issue: 

63. i. Narcissa Young, b. 1819; m. Rev. E. B. 

GrifTm. 
;/. Mary, b. 1826; m. 1852, Rev. McCarty; d. 

1883. 
in. Jos i ah, b. 1823; d. unmarried. 
h. Leonora, b. 1827; m. Adrian Blanchard. 
XXV. James Espy, son of George and Polly Pat- 
terson Espy, was b. Feb. 19, 1798, and m. his cousin 
Nancy, (b. in Union Co. Pa., Sept. 1, 1800; daughter of 
John and Mary Ann Allen Espy) April 27, 1820. They 
always lived at Espyville, where in his youth, James 
was a shot-maker and also carried on a farm. In his 
later years he was Post Master. Nancy Espy d. Nov. 
8, 1868. James Espy marched with his father's com- 
pany to Fort Erie during the war of 1812 and d. Jan. 7, 
1872. Had issue: 

i. Amanda Ann, b. May 9, 1821; m. James 
Allen and d. May 30, 1848. Children: Mrs. 
Rosinia Andrews and James; m. Sarah War- 
ing and have no children. 
//. PoUy Ellen, b. March 13, 1823; m. James 
Boyd and d. Aug. 23, 1843. Had no children. 
in. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Dec. 4, 1824; m. William 
Gee, d. in 1852 and left a son, James Bo tjd Gee. 
iv. Cynthia Jane, b. April 20, 1827; d. Feb. 16, 
1847. 

64. V. Naney Rebecca, h. March 17, 1829; m. Ezekiel 

Sankey. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 53 

vi. George Stevenson, b. Jan. 9, 1831; d. April 5, 
1839. 
61. vii. Sarah Matilda, b. May 20, 1836; m. Alex- 
ander Espy. 
65. viii John Boi/d, b. July 13, 1838; m. Esther Ann 
Collins. 

/>. James Harrison, b. Oct. 30, 1840; d. prisoner 
of war at.Andersonville, Ga., July, 8, 1864; 
unmarried. He was Orderly Serg't. Co., H., 
145 Pa., Vol. Inft. 

xi. Mary Ellen, b. April 4, 1845; m. Charles 
Miller; lived and died at Meadville, Pa., 
leaving two daughters, 1. Agnes, married 
Lieutenant Kleft of the Artillery, U. S. A., 
2. Amiette. 

XXVI. John Espy, son of George and Polly Pat- 
terson Espy, was b. in 1800; d. June 1, 1872. He m. 
Margaret Free in 1827; was a farmer at Espyville. His 
wife d. in 1890. Their children were: 

/. Behecca, b. 1828, m. Thos. Russell, removed 

to Kansas; had children: 
//. ]Vm. Free, b. Jan. 3, 1835; m. Helen Waring, 
June 20, 1861. Wm. Espy lives on a farm 
at Espyville, is prosperous and highly re- 
spected and is a member of the Methodist 
church. His children are: 1. Harleij J., 
2. Mrs. Olive Eicing, 3. George S., 4. Frank, 
5. Nora E., 6. Anna R., 7. Minnie. 
Hi. James, b. 1837; m. Miss Collins, has children 
and lives at Ashtabula, 0. 

XXVII. Cynthia Espy, eldest daughter of John 
and Mary Ann Allen Espy was b. in 1799; m. John 
Sankey of New Castle, Pa., May 21, 1821. They had 
issue: 

/. Mary Ann, b. July 7, 1822; m. Mr. King and 
had one child, Mrs. E. M. Fruit of Mercer, 



54 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



Pa., who was burned to death Aug. 27, 1889. 
64. ?■/. EzeJdel Harriso7i, b. Oct. 15, 1823; m. Nancy 
R. Espy. 

Hi. John Espy, b. June 11, 1827; m. ;has 

issue: 1. William W., 2. Cynthia A., 3. 
Ezekiel H., 4. Edward, 5. King. 

iv. Nancy Jane, b. May 19, 1835; m. Mr. Young 
and lives at St. Charles, Madison County, 
Iowa. Children: 1. Cynthia, 2. Erank, 3. 
King, 4. Bettie, 5. Mattie, 6. Blanche. 

V. Buth Allen, b. June 6, 1838; m. Mr. Coulter. 
Children: 1. Cynthia, 2. Emma L., 3. Mat- 
tie, 4. Joseph, 5. Boyd, 6. Thomas. Reside 
at Wilmington, Pa. 

vi. Emma B., b. June 6, 1844; m. Mr. McMillen; 
is now a widow, living at North Warren, Pa. 
Children: 1, Mrs. Mary Bidder, has Blanche 
and Fred, 2. Mrs. Jennie M. Boughton, has 
1. Ethel, 2. Katheryn. 3. Blanche, a trained 
nurse at Trenton, N. J. 

XXVIII. Samuel Allen Espy, son of John and 
Mary Ann Allen Espy, was b. Nov. 12, 1803; m. Sarah 
McDonald, in 1830; d. in 1837. Their children were: 
i. John, b. 1831; moved west, entered the army 
in Co. D., 104 111. Vol. Inft. and d. in Ten- 
nessee in 1S63; unmarried. 
//. Mary Isabella, b. Jan. 25, 1833; m. Frank 
Reno, July 6, 1858 and have one living 
child, John Francis, b. 1875, who is in busi- 
ness with his father at Erie, Pa. 
Hi. Evelina, b. Oct. 29, 1834; m. David Thomp- 
son. 
iv. Joseph Allen, b. July 9, 1830; m. Eugenia 
Reeves, June 17, 1866; served three years in 
the 61st. Regt. Pa. Vols., during the Civil 
War. Has a drug store and is P. M., at 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 55 

Fairi3ort, 0. Has issue: 1. Guila, b. 1867, 
2. Frank- Reno, b. 1868, 5. Charles A. b. 1871, 

4. Eugenia, b. 1880. 

XXIX. Joseph Patterson Stevenson, son of 
Joseph and Mary Espy Stevenson, was b. May 19, 1792. 
He studied medicine and while he practiced his profes- 
sion he also lived on a farm. He m. first, Rebecca Pat- 
terson, his cousin, Dec. 21. 1813. Her son, John Patter- 
son, was b. Sept. 10, 1815, and she d. next day. He m. 
second, Eliza Thorn, in Meigs County, Ohio, June 15, 
1820. They removed to Denmark, Lee County, Iowa, in 
1838, where he d. May 21, 1858. Late in life he m. Miss 
Elizabeth Walker of Fort Madison, Iowa, who survived 
him. His children by Eliza Thorn were: 

/. Samuel Thorn, b. Oct. 11, 1820; m. Theresa 
Guthrie, (who was b. Dec. 14, 1822), April 
26, 1842. He was a wealthy and prominent 
farmer of Lee County, Iowa. Removed to 
Oneida, Kansas, where he died. His children 
are: 1. Charles G., 2. Eliza Thorn', m. N. 
M. Fox, S. Samuel E. M., 4. Nannie Espy, 

5. Seldon, d. an infant. 

a. George Espg, b. Dec. 8, 1822; d. Nov. 10, 1902, 
at Sebatha, Ivans. He m. Julia A. Rice, 
March 20, 1844; was a highly respected farmer 
of Lee County, Iowa. Had issue: 1. Joseph 
Patterson. 2. George William. 

Hi. John Dinsinore, b. July 11, 1825; m. Celia A. 
Rice, Sept. 24, 1846. Died in Alma, Neb. 
Had issue: 1. Amanda Ellen, 2. Prof, 
Jonas Bice, Superintendeot of Quincy, 111., 
High School, 3. Eliza J., 4. Julia A., 5. 
Clara D., 6. Leu-is E., 7. John Dinsmore, 8. 
Sherman Ellsworth, 9. Clara Ella, 10. Nel- 
lie I., 11. Sumner. 

ic. Jotwph Espy, b. Feb. 11, 1828; m. Emma C. 
Baum, May 5, 1849. He d. Jan. 3, 1901, at 



56 THE ESPY P'AMILY IN AMERICA 



Fort Madison, Iowa, where the family still 
live. Had issue: 1. George E'.syjy, b. 1S51; 
d. 1860, 2. John ValUant, b. 1852; m. Laura 
Bush, Oct. 15, 1878 and had one child, Orville 
Bush, b. April 7, 1880, S. Era W., b. 1854; 
m. W. S. Bruen in 1874 and had: /. Johtt 
Espy, b. 1877, 2. Mabel Ida, 3. Glenn N. 

XXX. JosiAH Espy, eldest son of Thomas and 
Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. 1790; d. Sept. 22, 1843; 
m. his cousin, Margaret Mitchell, Oct. 29, 1814. ' This 
couple lived and died in Ohio and clung to "the faith of 
their fathers." Had issue: 

/. Thomas, b. Aug. 19, 1815; m. first Miss Pink- 
erton and had: 1. Bruce, who served during 
the Civil War in Co. F. 11th. Iowa Vol. Inft.l 
d. three years after the war from effects of 
wounds; went with Sherman to the sea. 
Was a very fine young man; d. unmarried. 
2. Martha A., m. John P. McChesney, Nov. 
17, 1867; has a family and lives at Middle- 
town, Iowa. S. Mrs. Margaret Allen, Middle- 
town, Iowa. 

Thomas Espy by second wife, Sarah Knox, 
had issue: 4. John, m. June, 1898, Iva 
Chamberlain; residence, Winfield, Iowa. 5. 
Mrs. Sarah Godfreij, 6. Mary Adaline. 
a. James, b. March 9, 1817; m. Magdalene 
Brown, Feb.JS, 1842; d. Jan. 24, 1879. Had 
issue: 1. Jm^'-W^un, h. March 20, 1846; 
m. Lida D. Cisco, March 3, 1875. Merchant 
of Springfield, Ohio. Has no children. 2. 
David, h. June 16, 1848; d. unmarried. S. 
James Walter, b. Oct. 12, 1859; m. Laura 
Green, May 19, 1881. Children: /. Veva, 2. 
Relmer, 3. Lila. Is a coal merchant at 
Denver, Colo. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 57 

Hi. David, b. Feb. 15, 1819; d. Aug, 11, 1819. 
h\ Josiali, b. July 1, 1820; d. 1864, unmarried. 
V. IVilllani, b. June 14, 1822; d. Aug. 3, 1822. 
66. vi. Harvey A., b. Oct. 9, 1823; m. Mary Ann 
Winter. 

vii. John Younff, b. Dec. 26, 1825; m. Oct. 1, 1861, 
Mary Sheller (b. March 5, 1835.) He d. at 
Rialto, Cal., Aug. 11, 1896. Had: 1. Jennie 
Ethel, b. March 19, 1863; m. Silvio Antonio 
James Ronzone, May 22, 1883 and had 
children: Silvio Espi/, b. 1884, Benjamin 
Francis, b. 1886, Efhel, b. 1889, Ronald An- 
tonio, b. 1891, Philip Espy, b. 1896, Margaret 
Theresa, b. Jan. 13, 1900. 2. Jessie Young, b. 
June 17, 1865; d. Aug. 12, 1866, 3. Mary 
Edna, b. Nov. 6, 1868; now teaching in , Pas- 
sadena, Cal., 4. Cora Blanche, b. A^»g^ 18, 
1871; d. June 17, 1897, 5. Frances Anna, b. 
Jan. 11, 1874. 

via. William, b. Feb. 1828; d. Oct. 28, 1867. 
i,r. Mathew H., b. July 9, 1830; d. May 9, 1831. 
X. Elizabeth Martha, b. Aug. 22, 1832; m. James 

R. Reed, Aug. 31, 1853; lives at Pana, 111. 
xi. George A., b. Oct. 1834; d. Aug. 1835. 
xii. Calvin, b. Nov. 9, 1836; m. Jennie Mitchell, 
at Piqua, 0., May 25, 1858 and had children: 
1. Rev. Herbert P., United Presbyterian 
Church, of Red lands, Cal. 2. Luella T., 
3. Andreiv Josiah; m. Julia Davis. Address, 
Tarkio, Mo. 
./•///. Isaac Newton, h. June 1^, 1839; d. April 13, 
1862, in the Civil War; unmarried. 

XXXT. William Patterson Espy, son of Thomas 
and Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. Nov., 1792; d. Sept. 
17, 1869. He was m. April 2, 1818, to Elizabeth John- 
son, who was born May 30, 1798; d. July 2, 1855. They 



58 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

lived and died at Piqua, Ohio, and were members of the 
U. P. church. Had issue: 

i. Lucy Ann, b. June 13, 1819; d. March, 1829. 
a. Martha L., b. Dec. 4, 1820; d. Feb. 16, 1842; 
m. Charles Hawkins and had a daughter, 
now 3Irs. Alf. Winder, N. Y. City. 

in. George J., b. July 24, 1824; m. ; has 

daughter at Wyandotte, Kansas. Is still 
'' living (1905). 
iv. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1827; m. Mr. Crocker. 
V. Thomas, b. April 5, 1830; d. Feb. 2, 1884; 
unmarried. 
67. vi. Wm. Patterson, b. Aug. 15, 1833; m. Mary 
Zeech. 
vii. John Jacobs, h. Se]^t. If), 1835; pensioner of 

Civil War. Residence, Rochester, 0. 
viii. Josiah Mitchell, (twin) b. Sept. 16, 1835; en- 
listed in 124th. Ind. Vol. Inft. Was a priso- 
ner at Andersonville some months, and 
finally, on his way home, was drowned on 
board the "Sultana." Has a son E. E. Espy 
at Celina, Ohio. 
ix. Sarah Steel, b. May 27, 1838; m. first. Dr. L. 
C. Finley; second, Wm. P. Lough. Has 
three children; residence, Richmond, Ind. 
X. Matilda, b. Sept. 27. 1840; d. Oct. 9, 1854. 

XXXII. Nancy Espy, daughter of Thomas and 
Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. in Warren County, 0., 
Nov. 25, 1798; m. John Morrow, son of Governor Jere- 
miah Morrow, March 24, 1822. Quoting from her obitu- 
ary notice: "She was a woman gifted by nature with a 
good physical constitution, clear intellect, and sound 
Judgment, and was a woman of more than usual force 
of character." She was a member of the Associate Re- 
form Church and d. near the place of her birth, Jan. 5, 
1881. John Morrow d. Nov. 26, 1887, aged 87 years. 
Their children were: 




Florence Mercy Espy 




JosiAii Morrow 



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59 



II 



Paulina, b. July 6, 1823; m. James Morton, 
Jan. 8, 1844; d. Jan. 26, 1845. No children. 
David McDill, b. Oct. 29, 1825; m. Elizabeth 
B. Mitchell. Died March 2, 1875. Had 
Florence and Middie, both of whom d. un- 
married. Was a teacher and civil engineer; 
first superintendent of Eaton, 0., Union 
School; civil engineer in construction of 
R. R., from Richmond, Ind., to Hamilton, 
0., and after its completion, for many years 
was superintendent of the road; residence at 
Eaton, 0.; d. at Madison, Wis.; buried at 
Eaton. 
Hi. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1827; living at Xenia, 

Ohio. 
iv. Jeremiah G., b. Feb., 1830; m. Sarah E. Pat- 
terson, (who d. May 24, 1905) July 27, 1859; 
d. of consumption, Oct. 1, 1871. He was a 
teacher, civil engineer and a soldier in the 
Civil war. Had children: 1. Mrs. Wm. G. 
Patterson, 2. Anna B., 3. Mr'^. Joseph Patter- 
son, 4. Janette, 5. John. Residence, Xenia, 
Ohio. 
V. Mary,h. Sept. 16, 1832; m. Samuel S. Linn, 
Aug. 8, 1858; d. March, 1862; left daughter, 
now Mrs. Willard G. Tidd of Kansas. 
William F., b. March, 1835; d. Dec. 9, 1881; 
m. Kate Rhine, May 17, 1860. Had issue: 
1. Dr. M. M. of Springfield, 0., 2. Marco, 3. 
Pearl, 4. Emma, 5. Mary. 
Thomas Espy, (twin) b. March 1835; farmer, 
lives in Oklahoma. 

Josiah, b. Aug. 26, 1838; unmarried. Resi- 
dence at Lebanon, 0. Graduated at Miami 
University, 1859; taught in High School 
Dept., Hamilton, Ohio, public schools; was 
the last law student in the office of Thomas 



VI. 



vn 



vtu 



60 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Corwin; studied law at the University of 
Michigan; was admitted to the bar in 1865; 
was for a short time engaged in editorial 
work; was County School Examiner for 
eleven years; and has served on the Board of 
Supervisors of Elections; has delivered many 
educational and literary lectures; author of 
the "Centennial Historical Sketch of Warren 
County," 1876; "History of Warren County," 
1882; "Memoir of Durbin Ward," 1888; "Life 
of Thomas Corwin," 1896; "Centennial 
Sketch of Lebanon, 1903, etc. 
ix. George Espy, b. Oct. 19. 1840; m. Sarah M. 
Gifford, April 11, 1867. Received an 
Academical education; member of Co. C, 
2nd. 0. Vol. Inft., wounded at Perry ville, 
Ky.; Division P. M. in the army; graduated 
in Law Dept. University of Michigan; asso- 
ciate editor Western Rural, at Detroit aud 
Chicago; editor of Western Farmer, Madison, 
Wis.; Prof, of practical agriculture at Ames, 
Iowa, 1876, and had the same chair in Illi- 
nois State University from 1877 to 1894; 
President of Oklahoma A. and M. College 
from 1895 till his death in 1903; had visited 
Europe twice; was well known as a Farmers' 
Institute lecturer and agricultural writer 
and a high authority on farm animals. Had 
issue: 1. Minnie, 2. Clarence, a soldier in 
the Spanish-American War from Oklahoma, 
3. George J., 4. Grace E., Residence, Pax- 
ton, 111. 
XXXIII. Thomas Espy, son of Thomas and Ehza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was b. 1802; d. 1874. He was a 
pioneer farmer of Champaign County, Ohio; was a rul- 
ing elder in the Associate Reformed Church. He m. 
first, Susan Morton and their children were: 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 61 

/. Mary Jam\ unmarried. Residence, Rose- 
wood, 0. 
a. Thos. Chalmers', d. at Pana, 111., unmarried. 
Thomas Espy m. secondly, Mrs. Chas. Hart, Sept 2, 
1836. They had issue: 

Hi. David Henry, b. July 13, 1837; m. Rebecca 
Kesensger; was a member of Co. G. 66th. 0. 
Vol. Inft.; wounded at Cedar Mountain; d. 
at Alexandria, Sept. 9, 1862. Left a son, 
Charles H. b. March 1861 ; m. Mary Wilson, 
Dec. 30, 1883, and has a family residing in 
Rosewood, 0. 

XXXIV. James Espy, son of Thomas and Eliza- 
beth Patterson Espy, was b. 1803; m. Eliza Sifes 
in 1827; d. in 1855 while on the way to Decorah, Iowa. 

Had issue: 

/. Thomas M., b. 1828; m. Adah and d. at 

St. Joseph, Mo., 1863. Left daughters: Kate, 
a concert singer of note, is m. and lives in 
New York City, but has no children. Emma, 
m. Mason Gregg, grain merchant, Kansas 
City, Mo.; has one child, Adah. 

a. Mrs. S. A. Gates, b. 1829. 
Hi. Rohert, b. 1831; residence, Riley, Oklahoma; 
unmarried, 

iv. Henry, b. 1834; residence, Riley, Oklahoma: 
m. Has sons, Earnest and Walter. 

V. Adeline, b, 1836. 

vi. Millie, h. 1840. 

vii. William,\i. 1850; m. ; has spent all his life 

on the extreme frontier and is now keeping 
a general store and post-oitice at Riley, Okla. 
Had issue: 1. Rohert, b. 1885; a remarkably 
bright, healthy and handsome boy d. aged 
13 years, 2. William, b. 1887, 3. Dennis F. 

XXXV. George M. Espy, youngest child of Thomas 



62 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

and Elizabeth Patterson Espy, was b. July 12, 1812; m. 
and was left a widower with one daughter; m. second, Mrs. 
Lucinda N. Parvin, a cousin once removed, March 5, 
1860; d. Nov. 3, 1883, leaving a widow, residence, Del- 
phos, Ohio, and three children: 
i. Minnie, m. 
ii. Frank, 
in. Bert. 

XXXVI. Martha Mitchell Simpson, daughter of 
Joseph and Ann Espy Simpson, was b. 1803; m. J. A. 
Burr Caldwell, Jan. 22, 1822. Had issue: six children 
d. in infancy and youth, and: 

i. Henry L., was member Co. E, 154th. Tenn. 

Vols. C. S. A.; d. unmarried. 
ii. James Bohert, is a widower, Brownwood, 

Brown Co., Tex.; has three sons. 
Hi. George Espy^ m. Josephine Love, Nov. 12, 
1873; was member of Co. D, 154th. Tenn. Vols. 
C. S. A.; was wounded at Peach Tree 
Creek, Cla. Had children: 1. W. Burr, b. 
Aug. 23, 1874; d. 1880; 2. Robert Love, b. 
June 2, 1877; is a druggist at Morganiield, 
Kentucky. 

XXXVII. James Wilkinson Simpson, son of Joseph 
and Ann Espy Simpson, was b. Dec. 20, 1804; educated 
at Transylvania University; studied medicine; had in 
youth the companionship of his uncle. Prof. Espy, who 
lived at the home of Mrs. Simpson during his college 
days. James W. Simpson m. in Montgomery Co., Ky., 
Emma Hathaway and settled in Menard Co., Ill, as a 
pioneer; d. in 1862. Had issue: 

/. Jonafhan Hathaway, who enlisted in the. 

Mexican war, but d. while crossing the Gulf; 

unmarried. 
ii. Joseph Espy ; m. Helen Williams and lives 

at Ottawa, Kans. Have children. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 63 

in. Catherine Ann; m. James W. Judy who was 
a Col. of 111. Regt. in the Civil war. Had: 
1. W. Scott; d. aged 40, unmarried; 2. Chas. 
C; m. Miss Jessie Skyles. 

iv. Julia Elizabeth; m. John T. Bush and had: 
1. Dr. Frank T. Bush, Quincy, III, 2. Gert- 
rude Bush. 
V. Mary C; m., has children in Tallula, 111. 

vi. James ) ^^^^ ^ -^^ (.-^-j ^ unmarried. 
vti. rhilip ) ' 

Dr. Simpson m. second wife and had two sons. 

XXXVIII. Caroline Simpson, daughter of Joseph 
and Ann Espy Simpson, was b. Oct. I, 1806; m. Wm. 
McClowan in Mt. Sterling, Ky. Had issue: 

i. Joseph Wm.; m.; d. Nov. 1896; left no 
children. 

ii. James Espy, ra.; d.; left four children. 
in. John; m. Lucy McCarroll; d. at Louisville, 
Ky., in 1881. Their children were: 1. 
Graeme, 2. Lucy, 3. Jessie, 4. Anne, 5. Carrie, 
6. Mary, 7. John, Denver, Colo.; 8. Eliza, 9. 
Wm. Residence, Cresent Hill and Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

iv. Anne Mary, b. March 21, 1838; m. April 19, 
1853, A. C. Mayes, a merchant of Princeton, 
Ky., where they still live. Had: Hugh, b. 
1864; m. Ella Allen,(daughter of Capt. Allen, 
Mexico, Mo.) in 1889. 

XXXIX. Henry Patrick Espy, son of Josiah and 
Maria Murdock Espy, was b. in 1814; m. in 1854 at 
Urbana, 0., Lucinda Crain. He has been a banker in 
Urbanafor many years. Had children: 

i. Clara Louise, b. 1855; m. E. P. Thayer; has 

children. Residence, Urbana, 0. 
//. Josiah Henry, b. 1857; d. 1880; unmarried. 
Hi. Florence Maria, b. 1859; m. Henry T. Stan- 



64 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

ton. Have children: 1. Espy, 2. Phi lip 
T., 3. Marjorie. Live at Grand Rapids, Mich. 

XL. LouviNiA Espy, daughter of Josiah and Maria 
Murdock Espy, was b. 1818; m. in 1839, James T. More- 
head, afterwards Governor of Kentucky and U. S. 
Senator from that state. He d. at his home in Coving- 
ton in 1855, leaving four young sons. Mrs. Morehead 
was a woman of rare intelligence and great literary 
ability. She d. July 15, 1900, at her home in Washing- 
ton, D. C. She had two children d. in infancy and 

i. Josiah Espy, b. 1840; d. unmarried 1880; 
was for many years cashier of the Ohio Val- 
ley National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
ii. Frank, b. 1846. 

Hi. Harry B., b. April 9, 1847; m. Feb. 10, 1876, 
Margaret C. Montfort, daughter of Rev. 
Joseph Montfort; had no children. 
Mr. Morehead was a prominent business 
man of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he d. March 
26, 1899. 
iv. Albert, b. 1848. 

XLT. Ellen Graham Espy, daughter of Josiah and 
Maria Murdock Espy, was b. in 1829; ra. first, James C. 
McCoy, who was chief-of-staff to General Sherman, and 
served from Paducah in 1861, till the close of the Civil 
War, and did not miss an engagement; d. May 30, 1875, 
in New York Harbor, while returning from service in 
Florida. Had issue: 

i. Mary Jane, m. D. Pratt Wright and has 

Eleanor Espy, b. 1886. 
ii. Frank C, m. and has: 1. Harrief, 2. James, 



3. Morrison. 



Hi. Bobert W., m. Charlotte Wise and has: 

Martha. 
iv. James Espy, m. daughter of General John 

Gibbon, and was First Lieut, on his staff. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 65 

They are both dead and left: 1. Frances, 
M., 2. John Gibbon. 
V. Abram, single. Residence, 1030 17th. St. 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Mrs. McCoy m. secondly, Judge Bartley. 

XLII. Eliza Espy, daughter of Hugh and Sarah 
Bartholomew Espy, was b. Feb. 11, 1817; m. James Nor- 
ris, Dec. 1, 1839; had one son. 

i. James Newton, who served through the Civil 
War; m. and had children. 
She m. secondly, Merritt Scott Alloway, Nov. 15, 
1849; a very successful farmer of Shelby County, Ken- 
tucky, who d. April 14, 1894. They had: 

//. Ellen, m. Hall Ash, Long Run, Kentucky, 
and has five children. 

XLIIT. George Newport Espy, son of Hugh and 
Sarah Bartholomew Espy, was b. Nov. 10, 1819; m. Han- 
nah Smith. Had issue: 

i. William. Hugh, b. May 7, 1842. 
//. t^arali Eunice, b. Oct. 29, 1844; m. William 
C. Wilkinson, Chester, 111., in 1865; had: 1. 
Edgar, 2. Everetta, 3. Mettie Eunice, 3. Ida 
M., 4. Stella Espy, d. unmarried, 5. Blanche. 
Hi. John M., b. Feb. 12, 1847. Living at Ham- 
ilton, 111.; unmarried. 
George N. Espy m. second wife and removed to 
Hancock County, 111., where he conducted a general 
store and post-office at Espyville, 10 miles east of Keo- 
kuk, Iowa. Since his death, Jan. 8, 1864, the post-office 
has been discontinued. Had issue: 

iv. George, b. May 7, 1854; m.; residence, Louis- 
ville, Ky. 
V. Mrs. Emily A. Warrell, b. Feb. 19. 1856. 
vi. Mrs. Ella Warrell, b. Dec. 18, 1858. 
vii. Eliza, b. Sept. 28, 1860. 
via. William, b. Nov. 10, 1868. Louisville, Ky. 



66 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

XLIV. David Emanuel Espy, son of Hugh and 

Sarah Bartholomew Espy, was b. Feb. 18, 1824; m. Mary 

Shields, Nov. 23, 1848. Only two of his large family are 

living: 

i. Mrs. Em ill/ J. Melton, I a/t j. ^ ^r m 
;.- M.: ni^iiJ a.n.. Metropolis, 111. 



it. Mrs. Oletha Grace, 

XLV. Sarah Jane Espy, daughter of Hugh and 
Sarah Bartholomew Espy, was b. Sept. 9, 1826; m. Curtis 
McClintock, Dec. 21, 1848. Have four daughters and 
one son, living at JeffersOnville, Ind. 

XLVII. Francis R. Mitchell, son of James and 
Martha Espy Mitchell, was b. May 27, 1818; m. Louise 
Wright in 1840, who died at the birth of a daughter. 

i. Louise, now Mrs. Glass, Broken Bow, Neb. 

Francis R. Mitchell married secondly, Miss Seaman 
and had: 

ii. Mrs. Shephard. 
Francis R. Mitchell was a doctor and he and his 
second wife died of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1855. 

XLVIII. Samuel Kyle Mitchell, youngest child 
of James and Martha Espy Mitchell, was b. Jan. 20, 

1822; m. Elizabeth Nov. 29, 1842; was a lumber 

dealer of Cedarville, 0. He d. Feb., 1904. Had issue: 

i. James Josiah, b. Jan. 11, 1844; m. in 1874; 

and has one son. 
ii. Anna, b. Sept. 21, 1845; m. Rev. W. H. 
French, a U. P. minister, April 15, 1870. 
They have a daughter b. 1876. Residence, 
California. 
Hi. Wm. M., b. Oct. 27, 1850; m. Eila Shamron, 
Jan. 17, 1881. Has four daughters and one 
son, Cedarville, Ohio. 

XLIX. Mary Keene Espy, eldest child of David 
and Dorcas Keene Espy, m. John Westcott of Elizabeth- 
town, N. J, He was a shoe dealer of Cincinnati, 0. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 67 

They had five children die in infancy and, 

/. Marcus Aurelhis, who m. Pauline, daughter 
of Dr. B. F. Seabury, Charleston, Mass. Had 
children: 1. Mart/ Pauline; m. John Bell- 
inger, of Charleston, S. C, who had Mary P., 
Boherta A., John B. and James Espy, all of 
Marlin,' Texas. 

2. Walter S., Brownwood, Texas, 3. Marcus 
A., Houston, Texas, 4. Minnie Espy. 

a. Minerva Eliza, m. Robert F. Alexander and 
lives in San Antonio, Texas. 

///. JoJm H., m. Mary Edgar; both died; have 
two grand-children, Fannie Espy Worfhani 
and BoiJney K. WorfJunn, living at Galves- 
ton, Texas. 

iv. Thirza Larinia, El Paso, Texas; unmarried. 

L. Espy Lyon Anderson, second son of Dr. John 
Anderson and Mary Espy, was b. March 28, 1810; d. 
May 12, 1866. He m. Feb. 26, 1835, Louisa H. Watson, 
who was b. May 18, 1817; d. Oct. 3, 1884. They had 
issue: 

i. John, b. Aug. 2, 1837. Residence, Bedford, Pa. 
//; Maj. JVilliam Wafson, b. July 29, 1839; d. 

Jan. 17, 1856. 
Hi. James Boss, b. Sept. 14, 1841; d. Jan. 19, 1873. 
iv. George Espy, h. Oct. 30, 1843; d. April 30, 
1885. He m. Rebecca Johnson, June 3, 
1869 and had children: 1. Mary Espy, 2. 
Espy Lyo}i, 3. Thomas Johnson, 4. Louise. 
V. Mary Espy, b. July 17, 1846; d. Feb. 29, 1890; 
m. M. E. Middleton and had children: 1. 
Lillian, 2. Edwin, 
vi. Eliza Watson, b. 1848; m. Hwin Beatty. 
vii. Louise Harrison, b. June 24, 1850; m. W. 0. 

Hickock. 
via. Edward Harrison, h. April 15, 1855; d. Feb- 



68 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

LI. Thomas Espy, son of William and Elizabeth 
Nisbet Espy, b. Aug. 9, 1801; was a Presbyterian minis- 
ter; went to North Carolina where he m. Harriet 
Newell and had a daughter: 

i. Harriet Newell; m. Gov. Zebulon B. Vance of 
North Carolina and d. at Raleigh, in 1878, 
aged 46 years. Had issue: 1. David, m. 
He and his wife are both dead but left two 
daughters: Espi/ and Bnfh. 2. Charles, 
of Washington, D. C. 8. Thomas, of Olympia, 
Washington, he was the first Governor of 
that State, i. Lieut. Zebulon B., U. S. A. 
Rev. Thomas Espy d. in Sailsbury, N. C. 

LII. Robert Hamilton Espy, son of William and 
Elizabeth Nisbet Espy, was b. March 8, 1805; m. Mary 
Ann Bell, who was b. May 8, 1808. He removed to Jones 
County, Iowa, as a pioneer and d. there Dec. 29, 1875. 
Had issue: 

/. Williatn Nisbet, b. Feb. 24, 1827; m. and has: 
1. Mrs. Frank Scott, Ch3ii'\evoi,Fsi., 2. Frank, 
3. Robert, West Middlesex, Pa. 
ii. Elizabeth J., b. May 15, 1829; m. Mr. Sanford. 
in. Mary L., b. Feb. 15, 1833; m. Mr. Stutevant; 
d. 1890, at Scotch Grove, Iowa. Left children. 
iv. Henrietta, b. April 20, 1838; m. Mr. Suther- 
land. 
V. James Stevenson, b. June 30, 1840; m. June 30, 
1865, Elizabeth Smith and had: 1. Norman 
Boss, b. Feb. 14, 1867, 2. Bohert H, b. Sept. 
7, 1869; m. Anna M. Fallstrom, May 3, 1892; 
has a son, Robert, 3. Si/bil; m. William 
Nelson, March 10, 1897, 4. Anna Laura: m. 
March 10, 1897, Joseph M. Eby. 
vi. Martha, (twin) b. June 30, 1840; d. 1843. 
vii. Caroline, b. Sept. 30, 1842; m. Mr. Sutherlarid. 
via. BobertJ.,h. Oct. 21, 1844; was in Co. D.. 
9th., Regt. Iowa, Vol. Inft. in the Civil 



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War; m. Mary Carey and has one child, 
Blanche, wife of David A. Chenoweth, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
ix. Amanda, b. Oct. 20, 1849; m. D. Sutherland; 
d, at Manning, Iowa, in 1882. 

LITI. John Espy, son of William and Elizabeth 
Nisbet Espy, was b. March 2, 1811; m. Jane Anderson, 
March 22, 1817. Soon after the birth of their only child, 
i. Thomas, b. May 12, 1837; they removed to 
Ohio and Mr. Espy built the first steam flour 
mill in Kenton, Hardin County, where he d. 
in 1878. His wife still lives. Thomas, the 
son, was admitted to the bar in 1862, but 
never practiced, preferring to assist his 
father in his varied busiu ess enterprises, in 
which he was eminently successful. He m. 
Miss Sallie Johnson in 1870. Thomas Espy 
laid out and named the town of Espyville, 
Ohio, near Kenton; was one of the leading 
men of Kenton for many years. He d. sud- 
denly March 31, 1905. His children were: 
1. Anna Laura, teaching in Springfleld, 
Mass., 2. Frank, 3. Jesse. The family live 
at No. 303 Espy St., Kenton, 0. 

LIV. Robert Hamilton Espy, son of Robert H. 
and Elizabeth Carson Espy, was b. Feb. 10, 1826; went 
to California in the early days and is a prominent man 
on the Pacific coast. Residence, Oysterville, Washing- 
ton. He m. in Oregon, Aug. 7, 1870, Julia A. Jefferson 
and liPod: 

/. t^ora b. May 28, 1872; m. A. King Wilson, 

Aug. 7, 1895. ',K* 

//. Robert HamiHon EdivcfPd, b. Jan. 8. 1875, at- 
torney-at-law. Room 6, 4th floor, Mills Bldg., 
San Francisco, Cal. 
Hi. Harry A., b. Nov. 5, 1876; m. Helen M. 



70 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Richardson, Marrh 24, 1897, Oakland, Cal. 
iv. Susie May, b. May 2, 1878. 
V. Thomas IF., b. Nov. 27, 1883. 
vi. Cecil, T., b. Nov. 28, 1887. 
vii. Lorra, b. June 19, 1889. 

LV. Thomas Espy, son of James and Jane Fife 
Espy, was b. Nov. 23, 1807; m. Elizabeth Hickman, Feb. 
26, 1830; lived on a farm and also operated a saw-mill, 
in Upper St. Clair, Pa.; was Capt. of St. Clair Guards; 
went into the Civil War as Capt. of Co. H., 62nd. Regt. 
Pa. Vol. Inft.; was in the fight before Richmond and 
during the retreat was wounded mortally near Gains 
Hill, where he d. July 6, 1862, and lies in an unknown 
grave. His wife d. Sept. 15, 1896. Theii* children are: 
i. Jane, b. Feb. 20, 1833; m. David C. Bower, 

1853. 
a. Abigail , b. Dec. 13, 1834; m. James Hultz, 

March 24, 1859. 
Hi. Manj A., b. May 22, 1838; still living at the 

old home. 
iv. Elizaheflt, b. Aug. 18, 1840; m. J. D.Sanders. 
V. Sarah, b. Aug. 18, 1844; m. J. F. Philips, 

Dec. 25, 1872. 
vi. James, b. May 29, 1847; d. June 26, 1883; 

unmarried. 
vii. Susan, b. Sept. 23, 1849; m. A. S. Miller, in 
1890. 

LVI. James Espy, son of James and Jane Fife 
Espy, was b. July 23, 1815; m. Susan Sill. Since the 
death of her husband, Mrs. Espy resides in Canons- 
burg, Pa. They had issue: 

/. Eliza J., m. Moses Hickman. 
//. Jesse S., m. Agnes Woods and had: /. Mrs. 
Hotvard Herriott, 2. Ada, 3. James J., 4. 
Carrie. 
Hi. Anna Emma , m. Joseph E, McCabe. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 71 

iv. James T., m. Millie Jones; had issue: 1. 
James C, 2. Walter B., 3. Margaret, who m. 
Marshall B. Craighead, Cannonsburg, Pa. 
V. Laura', m. James C. Bebout; has one child. 
LVII. Phoebe Espy, daughter of Patterson and 
Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. Jan. 13, 1811; m. March 15, 
1832, Joseph Free Patton, whose ancestors were early 
settlers in Lancaster County, Pa. They were devout 
members of the U. P. Church. Mr. Patton was an in- 
fluential and prosperous resident of Hartstown, Pa., 
where he died Feb. 22, 1890; his wife preceding him 
Feb. 1, 1890. They had the following children: 

i. Mary, b. 1834; d. Dec. 14, 1892; m. James 
Baird, and had: 1. Mrs. Fannie Patterson, 
2. Dr. Joseph Free, 3. Bertha. 
/?. David, b. Feb. 15, 1836; m. Mary J. Allen, 
Sept. 21, 1859. Residence, Georgetown, 
Colo. Children: 1. Knud, b. Dec. 22, 1863; 
m. Alice B. Blackburn. Is a lawyer and 
journalist. 2. Grace Espij, b. Oct. 5, 1866; 
m. Maj. W. H. Cowles, U. S. A. She was 
Prof, of English and Sociology at Colo. State 
Agricultural College at Ft. Collins, 1885- 
1897. Elected State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction of Colo. 1897. She was 
a very brilliant lecturer and writer. Died 
at Fort Assiniboine, Montana, July 22, 1904. 
She left no children. 3. Dr. Jessie Patton, 
b. July 22, 1869; 4. Mary Louise, (Polly) b. 
1885. 
/■;/. Thomas, b. 1838; m. Elizabeth McMasters; 
served through the Civil war. Has no 
children. 
ir. Mercy A., b. 1841; m. James Finley of 

Fayette county, Pa. 
r. Joseph Free, b. 1843; m. Nannie McMasters 
and has: Clark, Scott, Elizabeth and 



72 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Katherine. 
vi. George, b. June 11, 1849; m. Mary Bean; 
residence, Oberlin, Kansas. Has two mar- 
ried daughters. 
vii. Maria, b. 1851; m. Rev. W. J. Nevin of the 

U. P. church and has a large family. 
viii. Phoebe Ella,, b. 1853; m. W. F. Tunison; 
residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
LVIII. Maria Espy, daughter of Patterson and 
Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. Feb. 24, 1812; became the 
second wife of John Dickey, Aug. 2, 1838; d. July 13, 
1887. Mr. Dickey was a highly respected farmer of 
Crawford county. Pa. Their childree were: 

/. Bosina A., b. March 26, 1840; m. Joseph C. 
Martin Oct. 12, 1864, and had: 1. Ralph, 2. 
Dan, 3. Joe, m. Rose Clark; 4. Budd. 
a. Nathaniel \Viho)i, b. July 15, 1842; m. Mary 
A. Elliott, and had: 1. Lamont E., 2. Grace 
C, 3. Joseph E., m. Tresa Palmanter, 4. Lou 
Tina, 5. Frank Espy, 6. Minnie A. 
Hi. (Patterson, (twin) b. .Jan. 18, lc:>S^4; unmarried. 
iv. (Mercy, b. Jan. 18, 18s4; m. George Gibson of 
Danville, Iowa, May 2, 1871, and had: 1, 
Norval L., 2. Zoic, 3. Clifford Dickey. 
V. Orlando C, b. June 15, 1853; m. Kate 

McKay, 1889. 
vi. Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1847; m. Norval Lewis, 
Dec. 12, 1877, and d. in Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 
30, 1882. 

LIX. Thomas Stevenson Espy, son of Patterson 
and Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. March 26, 1814; edu- 
cated at Gambel's Acadeuiy, Jamestown, Pa., and 
Roberts' Select School, Andover, 0.; studied law with, and 
afterwards became a partner of. Judge Alexander 
McCalmont, Franklin, Pa.; came to Fort Madison, Iowa, 
in 1844, where he practiced his profession; operated a 
flour mill, distillery and foundry; failed in business in 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 73 

1858. In 1863, he removed to St. Louis, Mo., and be- 
came one of the foremost lawyers of the city, but fail- 
ing health caused him to return to Fort Madison in 1881. 
He was school director of Madison Township, 1846 — 56; 
State Senator 1848 — 52; was appointed Geueral of the 
State Militia in 1851. He was always a busy and in- 
fluential man and d. honored by all that knew him, Dec. 
24, 1895. He m. at Meadville, Pa. May 12, 1840, Mary 
Ann McBride. Had issue: 

i. Elizabeth McCalmont, b. Feb. 22, 1841; m. 
Joseph A. Nunn, April 18, 1866; d. April 
1903; had ten children: 1. Jolui Espy,h. 
April 7, 1867; unmarried, 2. BnJph Alexan- 
der, b. Feb. 10, 1869; unmarried, S. Mary 
Luella, b. April 5, 1871; unmarried, 4. Emma 
Josephine, b. Feb. 24, 1873; m. Edward Whit- 
comb, o. Thomas, b. Feb. 24, 1875; m. Lena 
Inkmann, 6. Mar;/ Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7,1877; 
m. Bert Sater, Joseph A., Jr., b. Sept. 19, 
1878; unmarried, 8. Georgiana Edgell, b. 
Sept. 17, 1880; m. Ralph K. Davis, 9. Mary 
Louise, b. Aug. 2, 1882, 10. Louis, b. May 30, 
1885; unmarried. 
//. Georgiana, b. May 24, 1842; d. Oct. 26, 1854. 
///. J^w^-s^., b. Dec. 16, 1843;d. July 11,1887; 

unmarried. 
ic. Thomas Emmett, b. April 1,1846; unmarried. 
V. William George, b. Jan. 8, 1857; m. Augusta 
Brooks, April 18, 1885. Residence, St. Louis, 
Mo., where Mr. Espy is bookkeeper for the 
Hoyt Metal Co. Has children: 1. William 
Eads, 2. Thomas, 3. Clarence, i. Albert, 5. 
Ruth. 

LX. Pamela Espy, daughter of Patterson and 
Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. July 3, 1820; m. first, Wil- 
liam P. Bennett and had one son: 

/. William Perry, Jr., who m. Noreena Arm- 



74 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

strong, (descendant of Brigadier General 
Hankinson of the Revolution); had: Cora 
Bennett. 
Mrs. Bennett m. secondly, William Allen and had: 
i. Nancy Jane, 
ii. George, m.; has one son. 
Hi. Patterson, b. April 11, 1857; m. and has three 

daughters. 
iv. Barlow Espij; m. and has no children. 
V. Mercy, m. Benjamin HoUister, grandson of 
Nancy Espy Bennett; has three children: 
Late in life Mrs. Allen m. David Fry, v^^ho d. in 1890. 
She d. at Fairfield, Iowa, March 13, 1901. Mrs. Fry 
taught school in youth and duiing both periods of 
widowhood. 

LXI. Alexander Clarkson Espy, son of Patterson 
and Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. March 27, 1824; m. his 
cousin, Sarah Matilda Espy, Dec. 24, 1856. He lived and 
d. on the old farm at Espyville, March 27, 1893. His 
children were: 

/:. Bosina A., b. Oct. 22, 1857; m. Feb. 26, 1878, 
Charles Mordoff of Minnesota. Had one 
son, Charles Espy, b. Dec. 14, 1883. Mr. 
Mordoff d. 1905. 
ii. Loemma, b. July 7, 1859; m. Albert W. Col- 
lins, Feb. 12, 1880. Had children: 1. Earl 
Espy, b. 1882, 2. Espy Clarhson, b. 1889, 3. 
George Alexander, b. 1894. Residence, Espy- 
ville, Pa. 
Hi. Georgiana, b. May 6, 1866; m. John H. 
McDonald, June 13, 1889; d. Sept. 12, 1895, 
and left children: 1. Alice Espy, 2. Sarah, 
iv. Clarkson Ereeman, b. April 22, 1868; un- 
married. 
V. Ella B., b. Nov. 6, 1870; m. Henry C. Clark, 
Aug. 12, 1895. Have children: 1. Edirard 
Espy, 2. Georgiana. 




Captain Stephen Barlow Espy 



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vl. Alexander Boij, b. April 21, 1874; unmarried. 
LXII. Stephen Barlow Espy, son of Patterson 
and Mercy Freeman Espy, was b. June 8, 1827, educated 
at Franklin Pennsylvania Academy, came to Fort Madi- 
son, Iowa, with his uncle. Dr. Geo. R. Espy, in 1846, and 
was bookkeeper for his brother Thomas for two years; 
m, Rebecca Caroline, daughter of Judge Jacob Cutler, 
Sept. 11, 1848. Mr. Espy was for some years a merchant 
in Fort Madison, and was conducting a store in Shelby- 
ville, 111., at the breaking out of the Civil war. He 
went to the front as Captain of Co. CI, 115th Illinois Vol. 
Inft. and was killed Sept, 20, 1863. Quoting from the 
New York Tribune, Oct. 23, 1863: "Capt. Espy, as- 
sistant commissary on Gen. Whitaker's staff, was a very 
lion that day. He was advised to remain with his 
trains; but too noble spirited for that he remained on 
the field, fearless of danger, doing wonders in cheering 
and rallying the men under the destructive fire of the 
enemy. He is one of Illinois' noble sons, and his loss is 
severely felt." His children were: 

/. Toma, b. June 11, 1849; m. Col. Joseph 
Blacker Morrison, May 3, 1868. Mr. Mor- 
rison served with distinction through the 
Civil war; he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 
7th. Iowa Vol. Inft. and at the siege of 
Atlanta, was serving on the staff of Gen. E. 
W. Rice, commander of the 1st. Brigade, 
2nd. Division, 15th. Army Corps. He was 
President of the Morrison Mfg. Co. at the 
time of his death, Dec. 28, 1904. Quoting 
from the Fort Madison Democrat: "By the 
death of Col. Morrison, Fort Madison is de- 
prived of one of its most prominent and re- 
spected citizens, he having for many years 
been a leader in business, social and church 
lines. The loss to the community is great. 
In his family relations Mr. Morrison was as 



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near perfect as it is given to man to be, 
and the blow of his sudden death falls with 
crushing force upon his devoted wafe and 
loving children. The hearts of the people 
of Fort Madison go out to them in their 
great sorrow." Mr. Morrison was a Re- 
publican in politics, a Catholic in religion. 
Had issue: 1. Vinrenf Espy, b. 1869; 
graduated at Notre Dame University 1889; 
is president Morrison Mfg. Co. and un- 
married. 2. IFw. /r6'r6'o/<, b. 1871; graduated 
at Notre Dame University 1890; m. Lilian 
Mac Henry, Dec. 29, 1898; she d. Jan. 10, 
1903. Had no children. Wm. I. is Sec'y. 
and Treas. of Morrison Mfg. Co. .9. Marie 
Genevieve, b. 1873; m. W. G. Smith, Chicago. 
4. Mabel Josephine, b. 1875: m. Robert N. 
Johnson, a lawyer of Fort Madison, Iowa. 
Had issue: Joseph Morrison and Genevieve 
Porter, (twins), Margaret and Sarah. ,>. 
Maria, b. 1878; now Madame Morrison of 
the Society of the Sacred Heart. 6. Helen 
Louise, h. 1HS\.7. Sinia Lueile, b. 1884. 8. 
Joseph Barlow, b. 1887. 9. Denis Au(jnstin, 
b. 1889. 10 Virginia, b. imf^ '^^13 <^f^ 

it. Knud Iverson, b. Sept. 11, 1853; m. Adah 
Zimmerman, Jan. 19, 1875; he was educated 
at Notre Dame University, and conducted a 
lumber business at Leon, Iowa. He d. Dec. 
29, 1884; left no children. Mrs. Espy is now 
Mrs. I. E. Larrick, Oberlin, Kansas. 
///. Florence Mercy, b. April 4, 1857. The com- 
piler of this work. Resideuce, Fort Madi- 
son, low^a. 

iv. Georgiana, b. Jan. 19, I860. 

LXIII. Narcissa Young Stevenson, daughter of 
Dr. J. E. and Anna Espy Stevenson, was b. June 14, 






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1819; m. Rev. E. B. Griffin of the M. E. Church, in 1848; 
she d. May 27, 1899. They had issue: 

/. Anna Eliza, b. March 17, 1849; m. William 

Riddle Harrison, Massillon, 0., Feb. 3, 1869, 

and had thirteen children. 

a. Manj Belle, b. Feb. 3, 1851; m. Joseph V. K. 

Newlin, Feb. 3, 1874, and has several children. 

Hi. Callie Taulk, b. Feb. 14, 1853; m. John P. 

Beall, May 24, 1877. Had four children. 
iv. Thomas Espy Stevenson, b. Jan. 13, 1857; m. 

Ann Wiley. Residence, Pittsburg, Pa. 
V. Emma B., b. 1859; m. Ivor Hughes, Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 
vi. Nairissa Lilij. m. William Fitzpatrick. 

LXIV. Nancy Rebecca Espy, daughter of James 
and Nancy Espy was b. March 17, 1829; m. her cousin, 
Ezekiel H. Sankey, Aug. 26, 1847, and had issue: 
/. Cinthia J., b. Aug. 3, 1850. 
//. Sarah E., b. May 14, 1853; m. Henry Bishop 
June 18, 1879. Children: 1. Hennj Sankeij, 
2. Allice Elorence,3.Jean Espy, b. 1886; 4. 
Henriefta Sankey. 
Hi. George Eloyd, b. Oct. 7, 1858. 
'iv. James H., b. Nov. 15, 1860; d. Sept. 4, 1873. 
V. Mrs. Ella Bradon, Greenville, Pa. 

LXV. John Boyd Espy, son of James and Nancy 
Espy, WHS b. July 13, 1838; m. Esther Collins, Oct. 13, 
1864; was educated at AUegheney College, Meadville, 
Pa.; enlisted with the AUegheney College Vols, at Mead- 
ville, Pa., June 4, 1861. Resigned Oct. 4, 1864, on 
account of wounds received in the battle of Spottsyl- 
vania, Va., as Captain of Co. H, 145th. Pennsylvania 
Vols., Col. H. L. Brown's Regiment, Gea. Brook's Bri- 
gade, Gen. Barlow's division and Gen. Hancock's 2nd. 
Corps; is a minister of the M. E. church; at present 
(1905) he is Presiding Elder, Fredonia, N. Y. They had 
issue: 



78 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

i. Manj, b. Oct. 9, 1865; m. Rev. Samuel M. 
Gordon of the M. E. church, June 22, 1887, 
and has children. 

?'/. Euinia, b. Aug. 28, 1867; ra. Fred T. Kennedy 

Sept. 10, 1889; d. and left children. 
Hi. Harnj Boyd, b. Jan. 4, 1870. Lawyer, Buf- 
falo, N. Y.; unmarried. 

iv. Anyeline, b. Nov. 21, 1873; d. Nov. 11, 1899. 

V. Anna Agnes, b. April 25, 1880. 

LXVI. Harvey Adams Espy, son of Josiah and 
Margaret Mitchell Espy, was b. Oct. 9, 1823; m. Mary A. 
Winter (who was b. May 5, 1851; d. April 29, 1904;) June 
9,1854. He was a farmer at Flat Rock, Crawford Co., 
111., where he d. Oct. 18, 1892. Had issue: 

/'. Martha Louise, b. Sept. 8, 1855; m. Samuel 
K. Duncan, April 10, 1873, and has four chil- 
dren. 
//. James Alrin, b. April 1, 1857; m. Margaret 
A. Ross, May 4, 1885, and had children: 1. 
Charles Harvey, 2. Lottie M., S. James Har- 
rison, 4. Flossie Belle. 
Hi. Edwin, b. Sept. 24, 1859; m. Julia A. Miller 
Nov. 12, 1884, and had children: L Earl 
Samuel, 2. Alpha L. 
iv. John Winter, b. Sept. 24, 1861; m. Elizabeth 
A. Wheeler Nov. 21, 1888, and had children: 
1. Chester Wheeler, 2. Flora Elsie, 3. Carrie 
A., 4. Charles Josiah. 
V. Mary N., b. Jan, 25, 1867; m. David Camp- 
bell Duncan, April 17, 1887, and had tvv^o 
daughters. 
vi. Margaret Hulda, b. March 29, 1869; unmar- 
ried. 
vii. Ham/ Givens, b. May 23, 1872; m. Sarah A. 
Miller, Nov. 8, 1894. 

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79 



and Elizabeth Johnson Espy, was b. Aug. 15, 1833; m. 
Mary Zeech in 1853; served in 152nd. Ohio Vol. Inft. 
during the Civil war and d. in Greenville, 0., April 21, 
1903, where his widow still lives. They had issue: 

i. Alvarefta, b. Oct. 26, 1854; m. Alden Pres- 

cott Sawyer and has one son, Walter Espy. 

a. Orville Grant, b. July 30, 1862; m. Philip- 

pina Schneider; residence, Dayton, 0. 
Hi. Alvardo A., h.^Q^i A, 1856; m. Mary Clif- 
ford and had children: 1. Clifford Andrew, 
b. 1884; 2. Wm. Pedterson, b. 1886; 3. Boy 
ya}ive. 
LXVIII. Maria Stevenson, daughter of Joseph 
and Mary Espy Stevenson, was born in 1796; m. Samuel 
McKee at New Castle, Pa., in 1818. Had issue: 
;. Joseph SterensoH, b. 1819: d. 1826. 
/■/. Sarah Jane, b. 1822; m. James H. Graham 
of Butler, Pa., in 1840, and had: 1. Mrs. 
Jane Grimes, whose daughter is Mrs. An- 
drew Brown, Creston, Iowa, 2. Marianne, 
h. 1845; m. Nelson Brunerand has daughter, 
Nellie, at Muncy, Pa., Samuel M., b. 1848; 
m. Lydia Quigley; has issue: Jean, m. Dr. 
John Gordon of Bellvernon, Pa., Mary Q., 
Samuel, Jr., Josejjh and James\ residence, 
Uniontown, Pa., 4. Anna Kate, b. 1853; m. 
11. B. Miller of Allegheny, Pa., and has: 
James Espy and Andrew D. 
;;;. Mary Espy, b. Dec. 25, 1823; m. Jonathan 
Katon, 1848, and had: 1. Samuel, 2. Thomas 
Josiah, 3. Granville B., residence, Tipton 
City, Ind., 4. Melville Graham; m. Charity 
Packer, 5. Mrs. H. Jefferson Reed, Tipton 
City, Ind. 
LXIX. Marianne Stevenson, daughter of Joseph 
and Mary Espy Stevenson, was b. 1803; m. Frederick 
Rohrer at Kittanning, Pa., March 28, 1820, Rev. John 



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Reddick, officiating. She d. Sept. 10, 1874, at Tidionte, 
Pa. Mr. Rohrer d. Aug. 23, 1837, at Kittanning. They 
had issue: 

i. Mary Ellen, living at Tidionte, Pa. Unmar- 
ried. 
ii. John Wise-, m. and has children: 1. Fred- 
erick, m. Mary A. Hafts and had: Winifred 
and John W., Jr. 2. William Hilton; d. 
aged six years. 
Hi. Elizabeih; m. Mr. Brown and had: 1. Charles, 
2. Frank, 3. Carl, 4. George, 5, Asa, 6. 
Ann, 7. Carrie, 8. John W. 
"^ iv. George Stevettson; unmarried. 

Cleorge and John W. Rohrer own and publish the 
"Democrat and Sentinel" at Kittanning, Pa. 

V. Mrs. Emily Monks; has two children: 1. 
Mrs. Mary Byers, Spokane, Wash., 2. Frank 
C. Monks. 



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Descendants of Josiah and Elizabeth Grain Espy. 

I. Josiah Espy, son of Josiah and Priscilla Mitch- 
ell Espy, was b. in the north of Ireland in 1699; m. 1740 
Elizabeth Grain, who came to America with her broth- 
ers, William and Joseph, in 1732. She was b. 1719, in 
County Down, Ireland, and after the death of Josiah 
Espy, she m. secondly, Robert Ewing, by whom she had 
no children. 

Josiah Espy settled in Hanover township, Lancaster 
county, Pa., buying land from the Proprietaries, May 
25, 1745. In addition to his farm he carried on a black 
smith shop and was highly respected and esteemed; he 
grew to be the wealthiest man of the locality. 
When he died in 1760, he left considerable property, 
"two shares of which went to Josiah, eldest son and 
heir-at-law." Their children were: 

2. /. Josiah, b. March 10, 1742; d. July 22, 1813. 
//. Susanna, b. 1743; m. by Rev. John Roan, in 

1760, to John Patton. Both are buried in 
Paxtaug. 

3. ///. Mari/, b. 1745; m. Dec. 23, 1760, by Rev. 

John Roan, to James McClure. 
Ir. Martha, b. Jan. 12, 1747; m. Capt. Lazarus 
Stewart in 1767, in Derry church. She d. in 
Hanover township, Luzerne county. Pa., in 
1804. Few women have lived through more 
frontier hardships and more heart-breaking sorrows 
than Martha Espy. Capt. Lazarus Stewart, was b. July 
4, 1734, in Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pa., of 
the same Scotch-Irish stock as his wife. In 1755, he 
raised a company and did valiant service on the frontier 
as a ranger; the active part he took in Conestoga and 
Lancaster in the destruction of the murderous and vaga- 
bond Indians in 1763, made him a prominent personage 
in Pennsylvania history during that period. During the 
Revolution he was an active partizan and fell at the head 



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of his troops at the Massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1776. 
Two days before this, was born, Martha, his youngest 
child. On July 4, 1776, while Philadelphia was going 
wild over the newly declared independence, Martha Espy 
Stewart, the sorrow-stricken widow, weak in body, but 
strong in that soul-courage that always conquers, em- 
barked with her children in a frail open boat and 
floated down the Susquehanna River to Harrisburg, to 
friends and safety. After peace came to the land, she 
with her children returned to their home. Their de- 
scendants still live in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre. They 
had issue: 1. James, m. Hannah Jameson, 2. Elizabeth, 
m. Alexander Jameson, 3. Margaret, m. James Camp- 
bell, 4. Martha, d. unmarried. 

4. V. George, b. 1749; m. Mary Stewart. 
vi. John, b. 1751; d. 1787, unmarried. 

5. vii. Samuel, b. 1753; m. Martha Chambers. 
via. Robert, b. 1755. 

ix. Priscilla, b. 1757; m. first, James Stewart, 
brother of Capt. Lazarus Stewart. After 
his death, in 1783, she m. Capt. Andrew Lee, 
who was b. 1739 in Hanover Township, Lan- 
caster County, Pa.; d. in 1821 in Hanover 
Township, Lazerne County, Pa. He served 
as a dragoon during the Revolution from 
Lancaster County. 

II. JosiAH Espy, son of Josiah and Elizabeth Craiu 
Espy, wash. March 10, 1742; d. July 22, 1813; m. July 8, 
1769, by Rev. John Roan, Anna Kirkpatrick, b. Jan. 11,' 
1750; d. May 31, 1842; daughter of William and Mar- 
garet Kirkpatrick, of Paxtang Township. Josiah Espy 
served during the Revolution in Capt. Richard McQuon's 
Co., Col. William Green's battalion, of Lancaster Coun- 
ty, Aug. 31, 1776. Proof of this can be found on p. 320, 
Vol. 2, Second Series, Archives of Pennsylvania. He 
was in the State Legislature in 1806"-'08. They had issue: 
/. Margaret, b. Nov. 8, 1771; d. Sept. 4, 1751; m. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 83 

Samuel, thirteenth child of Rev. John Elder 
and his second wife, Sarah Simpson. Sam- 
uel Elder was b. Feb. 27, 1772, and they were 
m. March 7, 1793. They had issue: 1. Ann 
Espy, b. 1794; m. Alexander W. Piper and 
had: 1. Col. Alex. Piper, U. S. A., graduated 
from West Point in 1851, 2. James W. E., 
died from wounds received in Civil War. He 
m. and had: Lieut. Alex. B. Piper, U. S. A. 
and Vandyke. 2. John Elder, b. 1796; m. 
and had: John Bitchey Elder, of Indian- 
apolis, Ind., and Samuel Elder, of Bradford, 
Iowa. 3. Mary, b. 1798; m. William M. 
Guilford, of Lebanon, Pa., and had children. 
4. Ja9/«/^b. 1801; d. Oct. 30, 1844; unmar- 
ried. 5. Sarah AlcAllister,h. Sept. 16, 1803 ;m. 
William H. Doll, and had: Samuel, Ann 
Espy, Esther, m. James M. Bradshaw, Cath- 
arine, Emma, m. Charles Lukens Bailey; 
residence, Harrisburg, Pa. Their eldest son, 
William Elder, m. a daughter of General 
Alger, of Detroit. 

//. Pr/6r///a, (twin) b. Dec. 8, 1771; d. Sept. 29, 
1845; m. Robert McClure, b. Dec. 18, 1763; 
d. July 21, 1839, son of William McClure 
and Margaret Wright. They had issue: 1. 
William, h.Yeb.l. 1795; d. Aug. 16, 1852; 
m. and left children, 2. Ann, b. 1797, 3. 
Bohert W., b. 1800; d. Sept. 26, 1865, 4. Pris- 
cilla Jean, 5. Josiah Espy, removed to Frank- 
lin County, Pa.; m. and had children, 6 .Mar- 
garet, 7. Beheeca, m. Mathew Brown, May 27, 
1834. 

//;. Josiah, b. 1774; d. April 13, 1811 in Bloom 
township, Northumberland county, Pa.; un- 
married. 
6. ir. William, b. June 2, 1776; m. Susanna Gray. 






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7. V. James Snodgrass, b. July 18, 1788. 

vi. John Elder, b. Oct. 12, 1790; d. April 2G, 
1831; unmarried; was a physician of ability. 

8. vii. David, b, June 11, 1792; m. Rebecca Allen. 

III. Mary Espy, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth 
Grain Espy, was b. 1745 in Hanover township, Lancaster 
county, and d. 1818, in Columbia county, Pa. She m. 
Dec. 23, 1760, Rev. John Roan officiating, James Mc- 
Clure, who was b. in Paxtang township in 1733; d. Nov. 
14, 1805, at McClure's Fort, Columbia county, Pa. He 
removed in 1769 to the "Wyoming settlement," and had 
his home on the west bank of the North Branch of the 
Susguehanna, where he built a log house surrounded by 
a stockade, known as McClure's Fort. He was a member 
of the Committee of Safety during the Revolution, and 
a man of prominence during that illustrious era. They 
had issue: 

/. Margaret, m. Major Moses Van Cam pen; d. 
March, 1845. Moses Van Campen was a 
brave soldier of the Revolution; a scholarly 
man; a christian gentleman. He d. Oct. 
15, 1849, at Angelica, N. Y., aged 92 years, 
and left children: 1. Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1784; 
m. George Lockhart of Almond, N. Y., and 
had: Alfred, James, Josepli, and Mary, 2. 
Anna, b. Oct. 29, 1786; m. Alvin Burr, 3. 
PrisciUa, b. Sept. 15, 1789; m. Samuel Mul- 
holland, 4. Elizahefh, b. April 3, 1792; m. 
Rev. Robert Hubbard and had: Bev. John 
iV. Hubbard, who wrote "The Life and Times 
of Major Moses Van Campen", 5. Lavinia,h. 
March 3, 1794; m. Dr. Samuel South worth. 

//. James,h.n70-d. Oct. 4, 1850, on the old 
homestead. 

IV. George Espy, son of Josiah and Eliza])eth 
Grain Espy, was b. 1749; d. April 1814, in Luzerne 



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County, Pa. His father in Marcli 1775, conveyed to him 
a tract of laud in Northumberland County, Pa„ to which 
he moved the same year. He v^as commissioned May 
31, 1800, a justice of the peace, for the districts of Han- 
over and Wilkes-Barre, which office he held at the time 
of his death; was an Elder in the First Presbyterian 
Church of Wilkes-Barre; was commissioned second 
Lieutenant, June 1776, of Capt. Robert Crawford's Com- 
pany, Col. Samuel Hunter's Battalion of Northumber- 
land County, and was in active service. Proof of this is 
found in the Archives of Pennsylvania. George Espy 
was a stone mason and built the old stone jail on East 
Market St., Wilkes-Barre; m. Mary Stewart, daughter of 
John Stewart, of Derry Township, Lancaster County; 
she d. in 1820. They had issue: 

/. .l;^/^b. Aprils, 1777; m. Ambrose Tilly of 
Luzerne County, and died childless, 
y. //. John, b. July 26, 1779; m. Lovinia Inman. 
Hi. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1781; m. Thomas Bennett; 
resided in Nauticoke, and both died there. 
Had issue: 1. Mary Ann, m. in 1829, Alden 
I. Bennett, son of Isaac Bennett; studied 
medicine and became the first physician of 
the Borough of Nauticoke; in 1831, removed 
to Bolivar, Ohio; was a member of the con- 
stitutional convention of that State in 1851; 
in 1S53, located in Beloit, Wisconsin; was a 
State Senator and died there in 1862. 
Two of his sons, Thomas and Phineas, served 
during the Civil War as lieutenants of Wis- 
consin regiments; Thomas Bennett, m. Jen- 
nie, daughter of Hon. James Ewing of Ohio. 
if. George, h. Dec. 19, 1784; m. Elizabeth Eicke, 
and had: Sarah Ann, b. May 9, 1814; d. 
May 27, 1877; m. 1838, Joseph Tyson Pres- 
ton, coal operator of Plymouth, and they 



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had: 1. Edwin R., m. Mary McCormack, 2. 
George. Espy, civil engineer, died unmar- 
ried, 3. Gertrude, m. Frank Turner, 4. 
Marion W., b. April 22, 1844; m. Dec. 5, 1866, 
Stephen B. Vaughan of Kingston. 
V. Samuel Espy, son of Josiah and Elizabeth 
Grain Espy, was b. 1753; m. Martha Chambers, in Phila- 
delphia, Nov. 16, 1778; Aug. 30, 1776, he was a member 
of Capt. Richard McQuown's Co., Col. Thimothy Green's 
battalion of Lancaster County, and was in the Jersey 
campaign. Proof is to be found on page 320, Vol 13, 
Second Series, Archives of Pennsylvania. His children 
were: 

10. i. Smnuel Chambers, b. July 5, 1779. 

a. Andrew, b. March 12, 1782; went into the 
navy and was killed in 1804, at the siege of 
Tripoli, 
m. Thomas, b. Aug. 4, 1783; d. July 80, 1784. 

iv. Hannah, b. Dec. 30, 1785; d. unmarried. 

11. V. John, b. Oct 15, 1787; m. Ann Scott. 

vi. Eliza, b. 1788; m. Cornelius McLean; had 
issue: 1. Cornelius, a lawyer of Annopolis, 
Md., 2. Charles, physician of Baltimore, Md., 
5. William, merchant of Baltimore, Md., 4. 
George, merchant of Baltimore, Md., 5. 
Eugene, of New York City, 6. Eliza, m. 
Henry Hardisty, and had: 7. Mary, who m. 
General Stoneman, during the Civil War; 
afterwards he was Governor of California, 2. 
Alice, 3. McLean Hardisty; residence, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

12. vii. James, b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. Miss Swain. 

viii. Nancy (Ann), b. Feb. 27, 1793; m. James 
Gaither in Washington, D. C, Sept. 9, 1817, 
Rev. John Breckenridge, officiating; d. in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1876, at the home 



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of her daughter, Mrs. Martha Hinkle; their 
children were: 1. Martha, b. Feb. 14, 1820; 
m. Philip Hinkle of Wilson, Hinkle & Co., 
Cincinnati. They had no children. 2. James, 
b. March 17, 1821; died, 3. Thomas, b. April 
15, 1826; d. Nov. 3, 1903, 4. Eliza, b. Nov, 
10, 1828; m. Seymour. 

ix. William, b. March 26, 1795. 

X. Margaret, b. 1797; m. Mr. McLaughlin of 
Lancaster, Penna. 

VL William Espy, son of Josiah and Ann Kirk- 
patrick Espy was b. June 2, 1776; d. July 28, 1850, in 
Harrisburg, Pa.; m. June 2, 1807, by Rev. James R. Sharon, 
to Susanna Gray, b. June 18, 1782; d. July 10, 1854; daugh- 
ter of Joseph Gray and Elizabeth Forster; both are 
buried in Paxton Church graveyard. They had issue: 
/. Elizabeth Gray, b. 1808; she m. Dec. 29, 
1859, Samuel W. Sharp of Cumberland 
county; b. March 27, 1822; d. Dec. 6, 1877. 
Mrs. Sharp is still living in Harrisburg. 
//. Jo6■/«/^ b. 1810; d. Aug. 12, 1891; m. Mary, 
daughter of Samuel McKeehan of Newville, 
in 1843. She was b. 1815; d. Dec. 23, 1897, 
at her home in Harrisburg. They had 
issue: 1. Susanna, b. Nov. 1, 1852; m. Harry 
D. Boas, son of David and Margaret Bates 
Boas, and have children: Manj Espij and 
Sarah; 2. Helen, b. July 21, 1857. 
///. Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1812; m. Abner Rutherford 
Feb. 28, 1839 and had: 1. William Franklin, 
one of the best known farmers of the Pax- 
tang Valley; was trustee of Paxton Church 
for many years, b. Dec. 7, 1839; m. Adeline 
M. Rutherford; d. Nov. 9, 1904. Had chil- 
dren: Ann Espij, Richard, Mrs. Jane Bing- 
ham, Adeline M., Marshall, Kesiah Parke, 
and Donald. 



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2. Johti Marshall, 3. Susanna Espy, 4. Sarah, 
5. Ahner, 6. Alice, 7. Ada B., m. Spencer F. 
Barber; has four children. 

VII. James Snodgrass Espy, son of Josiah and 
Ann Kirkpa trick Espy, was b. Jnly 18, 1788; d. Sept. 
21, 1872 in Harrisburg, Pa.; was a merchant and promi- 
nent citizen; m. first, March 30, 1817, at Isle Benvenue, 
Mary Huling, daughter of Thomas Huling. They had 
issue: 
13. i. Thomas Huling, b. Dec. 30, 1817. 

n. A?tna Elizaheth, b. Jan. 1, 1820; d. June 15, 

1854; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Hugh H. Stockton, 

and had: 1. Mary Pollard, m. Capt. Dean 

Monahan, U. S. A.; 2. Henry T., Lieut. U. S. 

N.; m. Catherine Ownslow of Cornwall, 

England. 

James Espy m. secondly, in Philadelphia, March 10, 

1825, Mary H. Pollard, b. Dec. 15, 1802, (a sister of Mrs. 

James P. Espy with whom she made her home). Dec. 15, 

1902, Mrs. Mary Espy celebrated her 100th. birthday and 

died in Feb., 1903. Their children were: 

Hi. Margaret Pollard, b. Dec. 20, 1825; d. Nov. 

26, 1847. 
iv. James Pollard, b. Dec. 20, 1827; d. Feb. 26, 

1880; unmaiTied. 
V. William Kirkpafrick, b. 1831; d. March 4, 
1868, at Clouterville, La., graduated in medi- 
cine and was in active practice at the time 
of his dearth; m. flectina St Croix Cockfield, 
and had: Mary, b. 1867; m. in 1900, Capt. 
Galbraith, U. S. A. 
vi. Eliza L., b. 1833; m. Nov. 8, 1853, William 
Sergeant, of Philadelphia; Col. of 210th. 
Regt. Pa. Vol. Inft. Died on his way home 
April, 1865, from wound received in front of 



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Petersburg, Va. They had: 1. Margareffa, 
m. Alexander James Dallas DixoD ; residence, 
Philadelphia, 2. Mary, 3. Louisa, m. John 

C. Kunkle; residence, Harrisburg, 4. Sarah, 
5. Eliza, m. William H. Meyers of Philadel- 
phia. 

VIII. David Espy, son of Josiah and Ann Kirk- 
patrick Espy, was b. June 11, 1792; d. April 21, 1840, in 
Paxtaug; m. Dec. 16, 1816, Rebecca Allen, b. July 24, 
1796; d. Oct. 1871. David Espy was precentor of Paxton 
Church for over twenty years. His children were: 

i. Josiah, h. Sept. 29, 1817; m. Anne Valentine 

of Baltimore, Md., April 10, 1872; d. Jan. 13, 

1897, leaving one child, Minnie Maude, b. 

March 7, 1873; residence, Decatur, 111. 
//. Wm. Kirkpatrick, b. April 9, 1819; m. 

Martha Sturgeon; she d. Jan., 1864; he m. 

secondly; had issue: 1. Mrs. Rebecca Qiiinn, 

2. Mrs. Lida S. O'Brien, Galesburg, 111.; 3. 

David A. of Wellington, Kansas; 4. Airs. 

Ella Worth ington, Groveland, 111.; 5. Airs. 

Sarah Emerson, Peoria, 111.; 6. Miss Anna .Al, 

Peoria, 111.; 7. Dr. Charles W. of Chicago. 
///. Anna Maria, h. Msij 11, 1822; m. March 1, 

1849, James Todd, and had: 1. Be v. David 

Todd, Congregational Church, Cameron, Mo.; 

2. Andrew, 3. V/illiani, Peoria, 111.; 4. Airs. 

Oliver Beta John, Farmington, 111. 

14. iv. David, b. Sept. 8, 1826; m. Aug. 19, 1851, 

Ann Catherine Jackson, who d. Aug. 16, 
1879; residence, Arrowsmith, 111. 

15. v. John Alexander, b. July 26, 1829; m. Martha 

Fry, Feb. 22, 1858; d. 1888. 
ri. Susanna AI., b. Feb. 1, 1838: m. Dr. Marvin 
S. Carr, of Galesburg, 111., May 16, 1854; he 
d. April 29, 1899. Their children are: 1. 



90 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Mrs. Annette E. Bobbins, 2. Elizabeth, 3. Be v. 
Edwin S., of the Congregational Church, 
Stillman Valley, 111. 

IX. John Espy, son of George and Mary Stewart 
Espy, was b. in 1779; d. March 25, 1848, in Hanover 
township, Luzerne county. Pa. Quoting from his 
obituary: "He was a man of honorable feelings, hospi- 
table and generally beloved." He m. April 5, 1809, 
Lovina Inman, b. 1787; d. 1876; daughter of Col. Edward 
Inman, of the Revolution. They had issue: 

16. /. James, b. 1811; m. Mary A. Miller. 

17. ii. Fannie, b. 1813; m. Abraham Line. 

in. Lovina, b. 1820; m. Peter Miller and had. 1. 

John, 2. W infield, of Irving Mills, Mich. 
iv. Marij, b. 1822; d. Nov. 29, 1889; m. April 10, 
1845, John R. Line, b. March 25, 1825; d. 
Nov. 22, 1890. 
V. Priscilla, b. 1827; m. Levi M. Miller, and had: 
1. Edward, 2. Dollie, 3, Ida, 4. Otis, 5. 
Mary, 6. Osear, 7. Wallace^ 8. Paul. 

X. Samuel Chambers Espy, son of Samuel and 
Martha Chambers Espy, was b. July 5, 1779; m. Rebecca 
Smith in 1801; had issue: 

i. William Sinith,\m. Mary A. Herrington, 
July 3, 1825; had issue: 1. WiUiarn P.; 
residence, Baltimore, Md., 2. James S.; resi- 
dence, Washington, D. C, 3. Mrs. Emma 
James; residence, Baltimore, Md., 4. Mrs. 
Sarah Sunderland; residence, Baltimore, Md., 
5. Fannie, residence, Baltimore, Md., 6. 
TJiomas C, residence, Ellicott City, Md. 

//. Samuel C. Espy, m. Priscilla Fowler, March 
5, 1829, and had: 1. Samuel Balak, b. Dec. 
28, 1829; has been a prominent political 
leader of Howard County, Md., for many 
years; has three sons; lives at Catonsville, Md. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 91 



2. John Joseph, b. Feb. 12, 1833; served in 
Quarter Master's Dept. Washington, D. C, 
during Civil War, from Sept. 1881, to April, 
1865. Has daughter, Ida. 

XL John Espy, son of Samuel and Martha Cham- 
bers Espy, was \). Oct. 15, 1787; m. Ann Scott, Feb. 25, 
1813. Residence, Washington, D. C. They had issue: 

i. William Espij, b. Dec. 15, 1813; died. 
18. //. John, b. Sept. 22, 1815; d. Dec. 15, 1873. 
Hi. Jauies M., b. Feb. 5, 1817; died. 
iv. Eliza Ann, h. Oct. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 4, 1819. 
V. Mary A., b. Sept. 10, 1820; died. 
vi. Samuel Chambers, b. April 3, 1822; died. 

vii. George Washingfon, / m • j • • £ 
via. Andrew Jacks,m, \ ^wms, d. in infancy. 

ix. Margaret, b. Jan. 17, 1826; died. 
X. Alexander Henry, b. Oct. 3, 1827; d. Sept. 6, 

1829. 
xi. Martha, b. Nov. 27 1830; died. 

XII. James Espy, son of Samuel and Martha Cham- 
bers Espy, was b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. Miss Swain, daughter 
of a Methodist minister of Philadelphia, in 1811. She d. 
in 1860; he left home in 1816, and never came back to 
his family, but lived longer than his wife. Their chil- 
dren were: 

/. Samuel, b. 1812; m. 1832, in Huntington 
County, Pa.; d. in Dakota, in 1854; had issue: 
1. Bi chard J., b. 1833; has family at Ash- 
land, Ky., 2. Thomas E., b. 1835; has family 
at Brook ville. Pa., 3. Mrs. Elizabeth Leach, 
b. 1837; has family at Brookville, Pa., 4, 
Samuel, b. 1839; has family in Columbia 
City, Washington, 5. James M. b. 1840; has 
family at Brookville, Pa., 6*. Martha, h. 1842; 
d. in Dakota in 1852, 7. Mrs Anna Fleminy, 
h. 1844, Corsica, Jefferson County, Pa., 8. 



92 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Mrs. Catherine Plaice, b. 1846; lives in Brit- 
ish Columbia. 

Xni. Thomas Huling Espy, son of James Snod- 
grass and Mary Huling Espy, was b. Jan. 1, 1818, in 
Harrisburg, Pa., studied medicine with Dr. W. W. Ruther- 
ford; graduated at Jefferson Medical College; came to 
Texas about 1838. Several years after coming to Texas, 
he worked with his uncle, Thomas B. Huling in the real 
estate business; was married to Elizabeth M. Wilson, 
May 18, 1842, in Jasper County, Texas. He practiced 
medicine only a few years after marriage. During the 
"California Gold Boom" in '49, he went and stayed two 
years, but amassed no fortune and returned. Eor sev- 
eral succeeding years he was a U. S. mail contractor. 
He came to Burnette County, Texas, in 1856, aud lived 
there until his death. During the last forty years of 
his life he was engaged in agriculture and stock raising 
The tides of fortune "came and w^ent" with him. From 
'61 to 71, the Indians deprecated in Texas, he having 
many fierce combats, and narrow escapes from a cruel 
death at their hands; also suffered severe losses of cattle 
and horses stolen by Indians. He was a staunch demo- 
crat and enthusiastic politician all his life; was a mem- 
ber of Masonic fraternity. Having a generous, chari- 
table, affectionate disposition, his friends were many. 
While on political business to Burnet, on June 18, 1896, 
he died of heart failure. Was interred in the family 
cemetery at Pitt Creek in Lampasas County, Texas. 
Elizabeth M., his wife, was b. June 9, 1824, in Dallas 
County, Alabama. She still survives him. Their mar- 
ried life together lasted fifty-four years. To them were 
born twelve children: tao^cA^ \?l^i<^^ 

/. James A., b, April 10, 1843; m. A^H414V482i, 
Annie Kemper, of Cincinnati, 0., b. Dec. 29. 
1848. He served all through the Civil War as 
a confederate soldier; d. March 12, 1870. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 93 

Had issue: Sidney W. b. Feb. 23, 1879; m. 
Beulah McClrew; residence, Brady, Texas. 
//. Thomas Huling, b. Dec. 21, 1844; d. Jan. 
15, 1853. 

19. Hi. Catherine L., b. Nov. 23, 1846; m. John A. 

Knight. 

20. iv. Henry Clay, b. Feb. 11, 1849; m. April, 1872. 

V. Anne ^., {twin) h.Yeh. 11, 1849; d. March 
31, 1849. 

vi. Alary A., b. Dec. 18, 1852; m. Chas. A. Yeas, 
July 15, 1871; residence, Brady, Texas. Had 
issue: 1. Thomas Espy, b. April 11, 1872; 
2. John Stockton, b. Dec. 8, 1874; 3. Mary 
Allender, b. Dec. 20, 1873; d. in infancy; 4. 
Bird Greemvood, b. March 1, 1877; 5. Wil- 
liam Henry, b. Jan. 12, 1879; 6. Hugh A., b. 
May 31, 1883; 7. Elizabeth Kate, b. July 4, 
1888. 
vii. Bathsheha Allender, b. April 8, 1854; m. Bird 
C. Greenwood, Dec. 27, 1871; residence, 
Lampasas, Tex. They had issue: 1. Minnie 
E., b. Oct. 9, 1872; m. T. J. Harris, Dec. 23, 
1897; 2. Harry W., b. Nov. 26, 1874; 3. Wil- 
liam Thomas, b. April 15, 1876; d. Nov. 6, 
1878; 4. GiiardieBird,h. Aug. 10, 1879; d. 
Sept. 23, 1884; 5. Alice L., b. Jan. 27, 1882; 
6. John Espy, b. April 28, 1884; 7. Balla 
Stockton Bird, b. Dec. 24, 1886. 
via. Henrietta Victoria, b. Nov. 2, 1856; m. John 
I. Jones, of Virginia. Had issue: 1. Vir- 
ginia E., b. Oct. 17, 1875; m. R. A. King, 2. 
Samuel E., b. Dec. 20, 1877, 3. Jonnie Elor- 
ence, b. Oct. 21, 1883, 4. Thomas Kirk, b. 
Feb. 10,1886, 5. Cleveland Thiirman, h.Seipt 
20, 1888, 6'. Emma A., b. April 10, 1893. 

/.r. Bebecca Helen, b. Jan. 24, 1859; d. April 10, 
1870. 



94 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

X. Hugh Stockton, b. May 11, 1861; m. Annie 
Harrell, Feb. 8, 1890; residence, Brady, 
Texas. Had issue: 1. Nettie May, b. Oct. 
14, 1890, 2. Sarah E., b. May 21, 1892; d. 
July 23, 1894, 3. Thomas H., b. May 12, 1896. 

xi. William KirJipatrick, b. Dec. 6, 1863; d. Nov. 
29, 1890. 

xii. John Thomas, b. Jan. 11, 1866; m. Mary E. 
Smith, Jan. 20, 1892; residence, Brady, Tex. 
They had issue: 1. Minnie M., b. Dec. 23, 
1892, 2. Helen Eugenia, b. Nov. 28, 1894, 3. 
Robert Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1898. 

XIV. David Espy, son of David and Rebecca Allen 
Espy, was b. Sept. 8, 1826; m. Ann Catherine Jackson, 
Aug. 19, 1851; she d. Aug. 16, 1879. David Espy lives at 
Arrowsmith, 111. They had issue: 

i. Rebecca Allen, b. June 5, 1852; d. Sept. 2, 1853. 

a. Anna May, b. Dec. 7, 1854; d. May 13, 1855. 

Hi. David Brainard, b. Feb. 3, 1857; m. Frank 

Wise, April 5, 1888; residence, LaPlace, 111. 
iv. Willie, b. Dec. 1, 1859; d. Feb. 6, 1860. 
V. Sarah Margaret, b. April 25, 1861; ra. 

Chastine Major, March 16, 1892; residence, 

Arrowsmith, 111. 
vi. Ellen Jackson, b. May 27, 1864; m. William 

Rodgers Humphrey, July 31, 1888; residence, 

Chicago. Had: Herbert McKay, b. May 27, 

1889, and Dwight Espy, b. Dec. 19, 1895; d. 

April 30, 1897. 

XV, John Alexander Espy, son of David and 
Rebecca Allen Espy, was b. July 26, 1829; d. Nov. 21, 
1894; m. Martha Fry, Feb. 12, 1853. They had issue: 

i. Mary Emma, b. Dec. 18, 1855; m. Joseph W. 

Giles, Sept. 8, 1880; residence, Peoria, 111. 

They had: Olo Fern, b. Oct. 11, 1882. 
a. Isabel Florence, b. Oct. 8, 1857; d. June 12, 

1864. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 95 

Hi. W infield Scoff, b. Nov. 9, 1859; m. Abbie E. 
Slough, Feb. 25, 1885; she d. July 14, 1893; 
residence, Peoria, 111. They had: 1. Jennie 
M., 2. Delia Edith, 3. Bella W. 

iv. William Ellsworth, b. Oct 16, 1863; d. July 
30, 1864. 

V. William Elder, {twin) b. Oct. 16, 1863; m. 
Clara A. Sherman, Oct. 14, 1897; residence, 
Peoria, 111, 

vi. Charles Edward, b. Feb. 21, 1869. 
John A. Espy m. secondly, Mrs. Kebecca Silvers, 
Oct. 4, 1871 and had issue: 

rii. Annie E., b. Dec. 5, 1872; m. William 
Crutcher, April 27, 1892; residence, Ells- 
worth, 111. Had: 1. Alice Elder, 2. Frank- 
lin P., 3. Infant. 
via. Rebecca Alice, b. Nov. 15, 1879; m. William 
A. Arnold, Oct. 6, 1897; residence, Anchor, 
111. 

ix. Franklin Stephens, b. March 14, 1882. 
X. Guy, b. Oct. 8, 1884; d. Oct. 19, 1884. 

XVI. James Espy, son of John and Lovina Inman 
Espy, was b. in Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa., in 1811; 
d. 1872, at Ruramerfield Creek, Bradford County, Pa., 
whither he removed in 1863. Hem. in 1841, Mary A. 
Miller, b. Dec. 26, 1818; d. Feb. 15, 1878, in Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa., daughter of Barnett Miller and Mary DeWitt. 
They had issue: 

/. Major John Espy, one of the foremost citi- 
zens of St. Paul, Minn., first saw the light of 
day in the historic Wyoming Valley at 
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa., Sept. 21, 
1842. George, a son of Josiah was b. in 1749, 
and was a soldier in the war of Independ- 
ence. He m. Mary Stewart, a sister of Capt. 
Lazarus Stewart, who fell at the massacre 
of Wyoming — a region which for many years 



96 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



was the scene of sanguinary conflicts be- 
tween contending patriots and the Tories, 
British and Indians, and famed, later, for 
the long series of internecine contests 
known as the "Penny mite Wars." Capt. 
Stewart was leader of the celebrated Pax- 
ton boys of Pennsylvania, who left Hanover 
Township, Lancaster county, and settled 
in Hanover township, Luzerne county — a 
township named by him. During the 
struggles in the Wyoming Valley, which 
lasted nearly eight years, the Capt. ren- 
dered patriotic and distinguished services. 
In 1809, John, son of George Espy, married 
Lovina Inman, a daughter of Col. Edward 
Inman of the Revolutionary Army. In 1841, 
James, eldest son of John and Lovina Espy, 
m. Mary A. Miller, a daughter of Barnett 
Miller. And then through a long line of 
patriotic and distinguished ancestry, we 
bring this genealogical table down to John 
Espy, the subject of this sketch and a son 
of James and Mary A. Espy. In 1868, he m. 
Martha M. Wood, a daughter of John B. 
Wood of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Her father was 
a prosperous merchant and banker, and her 
mother, whose maiden name was Sarah 
Gore, was descended from one of the oldest 
and most honorable families of America. 
Her great-grandfather and five of his sons 
fought against the British and Indians in 
the Wyoming Valley campaigns. 
Major Espy has an interesting history. 
Much of his childhood was spent under the 
care of his paternal grandmother, Lovina 
Inman Espy, a woman of broad culture and 
great intelligence. In 1860, when only 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 97 

seventeen years of age, he entered upon a 
career of independence. Equipped with a 
good common school education, habits of 
industry, and ambition to succeed, he came 
westward and located at Burlington, Iowa. 
The war of the Kebellion set the country 
ablaze the following spring and John Espy 
was among the first to enlist in Co. E of the 
First Eegt. of Iowa Vol. Inft. in response 
to President Lincoln's first call. This 
regiment fought under General Nathaniel 
Lyon in those campaigns w^hich did so 
much to save the state of Missouri to the 
Union. 

Young Espy accompanied it in the exepdi- 
tion under Genl. Sweeny to Forsyth, near 
the Arkansas line; was in the engagement 
at Dug Springs, and took part in the 
memorable battle of V/ilson's Creek, Aug. 
10, 1861, in which action the lamented Lyon 
fell and the First Iowa lost 51 men in killed 
and wounded. A few days after this battle 
the First Iowa's term of enlistment expired 
and Espy was mustered out of service. He 
intended to re-enter the army forthwith, 
bat his left hand became crippled for life 
by a sorghum mill, and rendered him in- 
capable of further service as a soldier. It 
was at this period that John Espy returned 
to Pennsylvania and completed his educa- 
tion. He was graduated from the new 
Columbus Academy in 18(>3, from Harvey's 
Institute in 1864, and from Albany (N. Y.) 
Law School in 1866. From this last named 
school he received the degree of Bachelor 
of Laws. He was admitted to the bar of 
Luzerne county. Pa., April 20, '68. Upon 



98 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

returning from the law school he at once 
began taking an active part in politics. 
Every campaign found him on the stump 
and participating prominently in conven- 
tions as the chairman thereof or as a hard- 
working delegate. He was, of course, a 
strong Republican; but, while his father 
was a supporter of Simon Cameron, the son 
was equally ardent in his support of the 
Luzerne anti-Cameron movement. The 
factional contest oft times led to very in- 
teresting situations, in which the subject of 
this sketch figured conspicuously. He helped 
others to official positions, but business 
obligations kept him from holding public 
office himself. He prospered at law; was 
for ten years a director of the Wilkes-Barre 
Water Company and Kingston Passenger 
Railway, and was interested in banking and 
promoting many other important enter- 
prises. In 1871 he was commissioned aide- 
de-camp with the rank of Major, on the 
staff of Genl. E. S. Osborn of the Pennsyl- 
vania National Guard. He served in that 
capacity ten years, and took an active part 
in suppressing the riots at Scranton in 1871, 
at the Susquehanna Depot in 1877, and at 
Hazleton in 1878. Major Esi^y came to St. 
Paul in 1879. Admitted to the Ramsey 
County bar, he for a time occupied the 
same office with Hon. Hiram F. Stevens. 
Soon after coming here he was made secre- 
tary of the State Central Committee; this 
was during the Bhiine and Logan campaign, 
when Minnesota gave the largest Republi- 
can majority ever polled in the state, 
Nelson's excepted. While he still conducts 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 99 

an office practice, liis large investments and 
property holdings occnpy most of his time. 
He has done a great deal for St. Paul. He 
built and owns the well known Espy block 
on Fifth street, and has also erected many 
buildings in other parts of the city and is 
interested in the beautiful White Bear towns 
of Mahtomedi and Wildwood — one of the 
loveliest resorts in the Northwest. He is 
public spirited and large-hearted. A mem- 
ber of the Episcopal Church; he is also a 
director of the Chamber of Commerce, a 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
Always an active G. A. R. man; he was dele- 
gate from Minnesota to the twenty-eighth 
annual encampment at Pittsburg, and 
worked hard to secure the 1895 encampment 
for his home city. He was also a member 
of the local committee that went to Louis- 
ville in 1895 and secured the thirtieth 
national encampment for St. Paul in 1896. 
During that encampment the major exerted 
his energies to the utmost. He suggested 
the "living flag," composed of 2,200 children, 
and saw that his grand design was carried 
to a magnificiently successful conclusion. 
Major Espy's whole life bespeaks the man. 
Respect has followed him all through the 
years. Here in St. Paul, no man has been 
held in higher esteem. He and his esti- 
mable wife have four children: John B., 
Li la Wood, Maude M., an artist of great 
promise, who d. Aug. 12, 1903, and Olin, who 
was a member of the 13th. Minn. Vol. Inft., 
in the Spanish American War, and was with 
his Regiment in the Philippines, and their 
elegant home at No. 74 Summit Ave., is the 



100 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

center of a large circle of friends and much 
graceful hospitality. There the Major will 
doubtless spend the remaining years of his 
busy and useful life. Although past the 
half century mark, he is still strong and 
active and manifests no sign of lessening 
interest in the development of his chosen 
field of labor. To a man of his tempera- 
ment, there can be no period to his career 
until its final close. 

ii. Theodore, b. Nov. 5, 1844; resides in 
Towanda, Pa.; m. Feb. 25, 1873, Mary C. 
Schoonover, b. March 8, 1844, in Stillwater, 
N. J. Mr. Espy was a member of the 41st. 
Regt. Pa. Vol. Inft., during the Civil War. 
His children are: 1. Mart/ Lines, 2. Bertha 
B., 3. Carrie L. 

Hi. Barneff Miller, b. May 1(), 1846; is a lawyer 
by profession, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Sec- 
retary and Treasurer of the Wilkes-Barre 
Water Co.; m. Sept. 23, 1873, Caroline Wood, 
b. 1847, daughter of Abraham Wood and 
Caroline Bowers; he was a member of the 
41st. Regt. Pa. Vol. Inft. in the Civil War. 
Their children are: 1. Blanche Wood, 2. 
Ridgeway Bothers, 3. Bruce Miller, 4. Charles 
Wood. 

iv. Frank, b. Dec. 19, 1848; m. Effie F. Harding, 
b. Nov. 2, 1851, of Herrick Center, Pa., 
where they reside, and had issue: James 
Byron, b. Jan. 26, 1873. 
V. Edward Innian, b. July 23, 1852; d. 1898; m. 
Fannie Maltby of Keokuk, Iowa, and had 
issue: 1. Ralph Edward, 2. Harold Mall by, 

m, Florence , an actress from whom he 

is divorced. 

VI. Minnie M., b. Oct. 29, 1859; m. Charles R. 



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Wood, b. Oct. 11, 1854, and had issue: 1. 
Stanley V., 2. Christine. 

XVII. Fannie Espy, daughter of John and Lovina 
Inman Espy, was b. March 21, 1813; d. Nov. 1, 1881; m. 
Abram Line, b. Nov. 28, 1811, and had issue: 

/. Frances, b. May 1838; m. Wm. H. Lueder. 
ii. Lovina, b. Oct. 5, 1839; m. W. S. Smythe. 
Hi. Annette C, b.Sept. 27, 1842; m. C. D. Wells. 
iv. Augusta, b. June 7, 1844; m. C. W. Hollen- 

back. 
V. Edivard Espy, b. Jan. 29, 1850; m. Rosa 
Moyer. 

XVIII. John Espy, son of John and Ann Scott 
Espy, was b. Sept. 22, 1815; d. Dec. 15, 1873; m. Mary 
Turton, May 8, 1839, Rev. William Hawley, Rector of 
St. John's Church, officiating. They had issue: 

i. Eliza Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1840; d. Aug. 22, 1859. 

a. Margaret J., b. May 2, 1841. 
m. Mary E., b. Dec. 1, 1844; d. Dec. 16, 1845. 

iv. Henry Clay, h. Sept. 30, 1842; m. Mary E. 
Bridget, Jan. 15, 1863, and their children 
are: 1. JoJin, 2. Alice, 3. Louis, 4. Elmer, 
'5. Ed Hard, 6. Mabel. 

V. Ferdinand, b. Aug. 4, 1846; m. Adeline E. 
Ayton, daughter of Richard and Mary 
Ayton, July 10, 1867, and had: 1. Margaret 
J., 2. Adeline C. 

ri. Juhn Adaws Blake, b. Aug. 21, 1848; m. Ella 
Ayton, Dec. 9, 1869; had children: 1. 
Clara, 2. Mary, 3. Ella, 4. Peter, 5. Ferdi- 
nand. 

vii. William Joseph Bonlanger, b. Oct. 28, 1852; 
d. July 6, 1865. 

XIX. Catherine L. Espy, daughter of Thomas 
Huling and Elizabeth V\^ilson Espy, was b. Nov. 23, 

1846; m. John A. Knight, June 9, 1864; he 



102 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

d. Feb. 15, 1876. They had issue: 
i. Martha E., b. April 24, 1865; m. Marshall 
Wells, Sept. 27, 1883, and has: 1. James S., 
2. Townsend. 
ii. James IV., b. Dec. 27, 1868; m. Annie Gale, 
March 8, 1892; residence, San Bernardino, 
Cal. They had issue: 1. John, 2. Eley, 3. 
James Espy, 4. Gertrude. 
Hi. John Kemper, b. June 29, 1874; unmarried; 
residence, Riverside, Cal. 

XX. Henry Clay Espy, son of Thomas Huling 
and Elizabeth Wilson Espy, was b. Feb. 11, 1849; m. 
Rowena Marley, April 1872; he d. Jan 28, 1893; Mrs. 
Espy resides at Van Horn, El Paso County, Texas. They 
had issue: 

i. James A., b. Jan. 11, 1873; unmarried. 
ii. Lena E., b. March 20, 1874; m. Walter S. 
Miller, Dec. 30, 1891, and has Espy Miller; 
residence, Pecos, Texas. 
Hi. Jos i ah W., b. Aug. 1, 1877; unmarried. 
iv. Kate Allender, b. Feb. 5, 1879; m. 0. Z. Fin- 

ley, Sept. 9, -^^8?^; residence, Marfa, Texas. 
V. Mary Sargent, b. Dec. 26, 1881 ; m. Lee Prude, 
Dec. 6, 1896; had James Chandler, aged 2 
years; residence, Van Horn, Texas. 
vi. Rohert Henry, b. Nov. 26, 1886; unmarried. 



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Family Spelling the Name Espey. 

I. Hugh Espy, son of John and Jean Morehead 
Espy of County Down, Ireland, m. Mary Stewart of 
County Londonderry, where he settled. He came to 
America some time after the Revolution bringing all 
his family, except William and Hugh, who had emi- 
grated to this country some years earlier. He embark- 
ed with his family on the "Faithful Stewart," and on 
the Maryland coast in sight of land, the ship was 
wrecked, during the night. All this family were lost 
except John, James and one sister, who died next day 
from fright and exposure. James was injured and left 

The surviving children of Hugh 



a cripple 


for life. 


Espy were 


I 


2. /. 


WUliam 


3. //. 


Hugh. 


4. Hi. 


John. 


5. iv. 


James. 



II. William Espy, son of Hugh and Mary Stewart 
Espy, came to America early in 1774, bringing with him 
a "church letter" which is here attached. 

COPY OF CHURCH LETTER. 
We whose names are hereunto subscribed do 
hereby Certilie that William Easpy son of Hugh 
Easpy of Tuburnmore in the Parish of Kileron- 
shan in the County of Londonderry Ireland is 
a Native of said Parish and during his Resi- 
dence has behaved himself Soberly Honestly 
and innofensively has enjoyed the happings of 
a fair and unblemished Character clear of Sca.n- 
dal or any imputation thereof and has Received 
the benefits of Communion with us is now 
bound for America may be admitted into any 



104 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Christian Sosciety where Divine Providence 
may order his Lot Certified by us at Tubernmore 
the 20th Day of May 1774 

( Jas Wiiitside p. M. 
< Jno Madon C 
( Saml Sinelery L 
John Kinnery 



Thos Jackson ( ^^^"^ 
Wm Hopkinson Clerk 

The above copy is made without changing the 
spelling, or capitalization. I wish the writing could also 
be reproduced as it is in a fine clerical hand with the 
letters well connected and indicates erudition and 
character. The signatures may vary a few letters from 
the way they are copied as they have grown indistinct 
with age. The name of the place Tuberumore or 
Tuburnmore is spelled two ways. The names are 
bracketed together in the original as here indicated. 
This letter is owned by Dr. John R. Espey of 
Trinidad, Colorado. William Espy served in the 
Revolution, family tradition says, as a scout in the army 
under Genl. Knox. However, that may be, he certainly 
carried a sword which is now owned by Hugh Espey of 
Rising Sun, Ind. Proof of his service is found in Vol. 
13, Second Series, page 66, Archives of Pennsylvania, 
unclassified soldiers, and the name is spelled Espij. For 
some reason now unknown, this family has made Espey 
their choice in spelling the name, supposedly to dis- 
tinguish them from others in the same county. After 
peace was proclaimed, Wm. Espy settled in Fayette, 
county. Pa., where he owned a large tract of land about 
forty miles east of Pittsburg; there he lived and died, 
in 1813. He m. Margaret Hemphill, of whose parentage 
nothing is known as she and a younger sister, Isabella, 
were found when they were very young, hidden in the 
woods near the smoking ruin of a house that the 
Indians had burned after killing all others in the family. 
They had issue: 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



105 



6. /. Hugh, m. Nancy Gant. 

//. Isabella, b. June 9, 1793; d. Aug. 6, 1864; m. 
Samuel Jelly in Pennsylvania, and came to 
Indiana in 1816, where she died. Her 
children were: 1. William E., 2. Margaret 
H.; m. and had five children; 3. James S.; 
m. and had two children; 4. Hugh E., 5. 
Eobert E., 6. Manj, 7. Samuel. 

7. in. Bohert, b. June 9, 1793; m. Eliza Smith. 

iv. Marg, b. 1796; m. William Lytle, and had 
children: 1. William, lives in Iowa, 2. 
Isabella, 3. Thomas. 
in. Hugh Espey, son of Hugh and Mary Stewart 
Espy, was b. in Londonderry, Ireland, and came to 
America in 1777. Settled first in Philadelphia and went 
^ith his brother William, to meet the "Faithful 
Steward." He is said to have served in the Revolution, 
but so far I have not been able to find proof of this fact, 
which is no sign that he failed to serve. After the war 
he settled in Westmorland County, Pa., where he d. 
Dec. 14, 1831, and where some of his descendants still 
live. He m. first, Isabella Black, by whom he had the 
following children: 

i. Peggy, b. 1795; m. John McMullen, and had: 
1. Elizabeth, m. Rev. D. H. Pollock and had, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood; 2. Marg A., m. 
J. C. Core, and had a son, John M., an attor- 
ney of Uniontown, Pa.; 3. James Espey, m. 
Miss Bute. 
8 a. Huc/h, b. 1797; m. Sarah Jane Ewiug. 

///. William, b. 1800; m. Miss Cunningham and 
had: 1. Hugh, whose son, Harry H., was 
private in 'Co. H. 18th. Regt. Pa. Vols. 
Spanish-American War; 2. Nancy, 3. Mar- 
garet. 
iv. 'Isabella, b. 1803; m. Mathew Cooley and d. 

childless. 



106 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Hugh Espey m. secondly, Margaret Walker, who d. 
May 6, 1854, and had: 

V. James, b. April 2, 1812; d. Feb. 22, 1831. 
9. vi. Walker, b. Aug. 4, 1814; m. E. S. Torrence. 

IV. John Espey, son of Hugh and Mary Stewart 
Espy, was b. in Ireland and saved from the wreck of the 
"Faithful Steward"; m. and settled near Ripley, Brown 
County, Ohio, where he died. His children were: 

i. David. 

a. William. 

Hi. Robert, d. 1856; m. and had: 1. Margaret, h. 
1810, never m.; 2. A son b. 1815; d. unmar- 
ried aged 75 years; 3. John, b. 1820; still 
living at Eureka Springs, Ark., unmarried; 
4. A daughter, b. 1825, who m. Mr. Crozier 
and had one child. Dr. John Esimj Crozier^ 
b. 1845, at Lee's Summit, Mo. Is an elder 
in the 0. S. Presbyterian Church; residence. 
Eureka Springs, Ark. 
iv. Belle or Isabella. 

V. Martha. 

V. James Espey, son of Hugh and Mary Stewart 
Espey, was b. in Ireland and saved a cripple, fi'om the 
wreck of the "Faithful Steward; m. Miss McLean, a 
native of Scotland; settled on a farm in Brown County 
0. He was drowned in 1813, while trying to save his 
cattle during a "rise" of the Ohio River. His children 
were: 

i. Dr. James', Killed by lightning in Cham- 
paign County, 111.; was a very successful 
physician of the pioneer days; married and 
left a son, John E., who invented "Espey's 
Fragrant Cream;" m. and has daughter, 
Georgia, and possibly other children, resid- 
ing in Bloomington, 111. 
ii. A son, name not given, b. three months 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 107 

after the father died; m. and had the follow- 
ing children: 1. Mrs. Nancij Evans, Tolono, 
111.; 2. Mrs. Sarah Creamer, Tolono, III; 3. 
W. W. Espey, a wealthy manufacturer of 
Portland, Ore., whose children are: 1. 
Edward L., who became an artist, studied 
in Paris for six years and his work carried 
off the gold medal at the second Paris Ex- 
position; d. unmarried. 2. Elmer E., who 

lives in Colorado; unmarried. 3. William 
Grant, m. Lena and has son, and daugh- 
ter, Florence; residence, San Francisco, Cal. 
4. Mrs. Wade Hampton, Tacoma Wash.; 5. 
Mrs. Henry Miner, Portland, Ore. 

VI. Hugh Espey, son of William and Margaret 
Hemphill Espey, was b. Dec. 5, 1786, in Fayette County, 
Pa. Settled in Rising Sun, Ind., in 1816, where he 
owned a large amount of land and carried on a flour 
mill; m. April 12, 1810, Nancy Gant, (b. Jan. 9, 1792; d. 
1868); was an elder in the Presbyterian church and 
Major of State Militia; d. in 1870. His children were: 

i. William, b. June 11, 1811; m. and had: 1. 
John, killed in Civil War; 2. Henri/, d. in 
Missouri; unmarried. 3. Mrs. Mary Cooper, 
Omaha, Neb. 
a. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 27, 1819; m. John P. 
Stewart, May 13, 1841; had children. 
11. Hi. Hugh Stewart, b. July 9, 1822; m. A. Haines. 
iv. James, b. Dec. 2, 1817; had one child. 
V. Robert, b. March 31, 1825; m. Jan. 1854, Mary 
C. Young; d. in California; left no children. 
vi. Margaret, b. June 27, 1827; m. William 

Greer, Feb. 14, 1854; resides in California. 
vii. Eliza J., b. Jan. 2, 1831; m. E. Helm, Oct. 18, 
1851 ; lives in Kentucky. 
via. Agnes, b. Oct. 27, 1835; m. David B. Moore, 
Sept 2, 1856; lives in Indiana. 



108 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 

ix. Isabella, b. Aug. 27, 1829; unmarried; lives at 
Dublin, Ind. 

VII. Robert Espey, son of William and Margaret 
Hemphill Espey, was b. June 9, 1793; d. Aug. 6, 1864; m. 
Eliza Smith, in Fayette County, Pa.; she d. in 1864, and 
they are both buried at Georgetown, 0. They had issue: 

i. William, b. Aug. 3, 1821; m. but has no 

children. 
a. Smith, b. 1823; d. in Illinois. 
in. Hugh, b. 1827; was Capt. Second Ind. Bat- 
tery in Civil War; m. and d. childless. 
iv. Ellen, b. 1829; d. in Ohio. 
V. Margaret, b. 1831; lives in Rising Sun, Ind. 
vi. David, b. 1833. 
vii. George, b. 1835. 

VIII. Hugh Espey, son of Hugh and Isabella Black 
Espey, was b. 1797; m. Sarah Jane Ewing; d. Feb. 25, 
1852; was a farmer of Westmorland County, Pa. Prof. 
James Espy is known to have visited frequently at this 
home and claimed cousin-ship in some degree, not cer- 
tainly known how near, with Hugh. This family were 
brought up strictly in the Presbyterian faith. The chil- 
dren were: 

i. Rebecca M,; d Oct. 1875. 

ii. George, d. in infancy. 

Hi. George Ewing, d. in youth. 

iv. Williain, d. in youth. 

V. Hugh, d. in youth. 

vi. Samuel A., m. Sarah Ellen Morton and had 
children: 1. Clara Eiving, 2. John Morton. 
Prof. Espey is Principal of Fourth Ward 
School, No. 1, Allegheny, ia. He is a 
talented man and values moral worth and 
intellect far above riches. 

IX. Walker Espey, son of Hugh and Margaret 
Walker Espey, was b. Aug. 4, 1814: in. Dec. 14, 1836, 




Dr. John R. Espey. 



THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 109 

Elizabeth S. Torrence, b. 1808; d. Sept. 14, 1888. Their 
children were: 

i. James, b. Feb. 24, 1840; d. unmarried. 
a. Margaret Walker, b. March 2, 1842. 
_=4ii. Mary Jane, b. March 28, 1844. 

iv. Bk'hard Gailey, b. June 12, 1846; m. Addie 
H. Growl, Dec. 25, 1871; lives at Galva, 111. 
Has children: 1. Charles Walker, b. Jan. 
25, 1873; 2. Robert Earle, b. April 30, 1875; 
3, Ethel Elizabeth, b. Nov. 24, 1878; 4. Les- 
lie Gailey, 6. Florence M. 
V. Isabella Colby, b. Aug. 13, 1848. 

X. David Espey, son of John and Elizabeth Mc- 
Illheny Espey, was b. in Brown county, Ohio. All we 
know of him is that he m. and had children, some of 
whom are: 

i. Mrs. Martha J. Ward of Dayton, Ohio. 
12. ii. Samuel Mclllheny ; m. Mary E. Carpenter. 
in. Harvey J., b. 1838 in Ripley, Ohio; settled 
at Napoleon, Indiana; m.; had children: H. 
Henry and Clara by his hrst wife; m. again 
and had son b. three months after his 
father's death; named Dot' /r/^. Harvey J. 
Espey was Col. 68th. Indiana Vol. Inft. in 
Civil war and d. in Leavenworth, Kansas in 
1866 from effect of wounds received in 
the service. 

XI. Hugh Stewart Espey, son of Hugh and 
Nancy Gant Espey, was b. July 9, 1822; d. March, 1895; 
m. Abigail Haines and had: 

/. Frank, Rising Sun, Ind. 
//. Hugh, Rising Sun, Ind. 

Hi. JoIdi Robert, b. 1864; m. Gertrude Harris 

and has children: 1. Gertrude, b. Dec. 15, 

1S99; 2. Abegail Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1902. Mr. 

Espey is a physician of Trinidad, Colo. 

There were three other sons and two daughters 



110 THE ESPY FAMILY IN AMERICA 



born to Hugh and Abigail Haines Espey, but I have not 
been able to hear from them, or of them. 

XII. Samuel McIllheny Espey, son of David and 
Sarah E.McIllhenyEspey, was b. Jan. 27, 1836, at Ripley, 
Ohio; m. Mary E. Carpenter, b. July 10, 1840; (daughter 
of Samuel and Diana Evans Carpenter, of Aberdeen, 
Ohio.) Oct. 29, 1863; d. Jan. 15, 1889; was commissioned 
Aug. 15, 1861, 1st. Lieut Co. F, 1st. Regt. Ohio Vol. 
Light Artillery; resigned on account of poor health; en- 
listed again as Capt. 2nd. Battery, Ohio N. G., Oct., 1864, 
who were guarding prisoners of war at Johnson's Island, 
Lake Erie; was Post Master at Windom, Minn, from 
1871 to 1881; Auditor of Cottonwood county, Minn 
from 1873 to 1888. Had issue: 

i. Minnie Sherman, b. Aug. 31, 1864; m. Wm. 
A. Cook April 15, 1886, and had: 1. Gert- 
rude, 2. Burdette Espey, 3. Wm. Richard, 4. 
Frank Alfred, 
a. Mary Gould, b. Oct. 19, 1866; d. June 9, 1895. 
Hi. Jessie Bell, b. Oct. 1, 1869; employed by the 

Government in Washington, D. C. 
iv. Richard, b. Sept. 7, 1874; enlisted as a pri- 
vate in 1st. Dist. of Columbia Vol. Inft. 
May, 1898; was at the siege and surrender 
of Santiago de Cuba. 
V. Emolyn Carpenter, b. Oct. 5, 1876. 
vi. Frances B., b. July 18, 1878. 
vii. Samuel David, b. May 13, 1880; d. Maach 28 

1882. 
via. Louise, b. April 15, 1882. 



INDEX. 

Name Page 

Anderson, Dr. John 46-95 

Anderson, Mrs. Mary Espy 46-25 

Alloway, M. S. 35-65 

Anderson, Espy Lyon 46-67 

Anderson, Mrs. Louise Watson 46-67 

Anderson, Mrs. Margaret Espy 48 

Allen, Mrs. Pamelia Espy 73-60 

Allen, William 73-60 

Allen, James 52 

Allen, Mrs. Amanda Espy 52 

Andrews, Mrs. Rosinia Allen 52 

Allen, James 62 

Allen, Mrs. Sarah Waring 52 

Ash, Hall 65 

Ash, Mrs. Ellen Alloway 65 

Alexander, Robert F. 67 

Alexander, Mrs. Minerva E. 67 

Barnett, Mrs. Priscilla Espy 13 

Bean, Jacob 17 

Bean, Mrs. Margaret Oats 17 

Bell, Robert 27 

Bell, Mrs. Rachel Espy 27 

Bennett, Col. Anthony 29-48 

Bennett, Mrs. Nancy Espy 29-48 

Bennett, Espy 49 

Burwell, Isaac 49 

Bennett, Thomas Stevenson 49 

Bennett, Mrs. Sarah Rounds 49 

Bartley, Mrs. Ellen Espy 66 

Bellinger, James Espy 67 

Baird, Joseph Free 71 

Beal, John P 77 

Beal. Mrs. Callie Griffin 77 



112 INDEX 



Bailey, Charles Lukens 83 

Bailey, Mrs. Emma Doll 83 

Boas, Harry D. 87 

Boas, Mrs. Susanna Espy 87 

Carson, James 13 

Carson, Mrs. Mary Cameron Espy 13 

Carlton, Mrs. James B 17 

Crain, Wm., Jr 23 

Crain, Mrs. Anna Espy 23 

Caldwell, Burr 33-62 

Caldwell, Mrs. Martha Simpson 33-62 

Coulter, Mrs. Ruth Sankey 54 

Caldwell, George Espy 62 

Caldwell, Mrs. Josephine Love 62 

Chenoweth, David A. „ 69 

Ohenoweth, Mrs. Blanche Espy 69 

Cowles, Maj. W. H 71 

Cowles, Mrs. Grace Espy Patton 71 

Collins, Albert 74 

Collins, Mrs. Loemma Espy 74 

Clark, Henry C 74 

Clark, Mrs. Ella Espy 74 

Carr, Dr. Marvin S. 89 

Carr, Mrs. Susanna Espy 89 

Carr, Rev. Edwin S 90 

Core, Mrs. J. 106 

Core, John M 105 

Crossier, Dr. John Espey = 106 

Dickey, John 50-72 

Dickey, Mrs. Maria Espy 60-72 

Diokey, Nathaniel Wilson 72 

Dickey, Patterson 72 

Dickey, Orlando C 72 

Doll, William H 83 

Doll, Mrs. Sarah 83 

Espie, A. T 7 

Espie Family 9 



INDEX 113 



Espich Family 9 

Espey Family (Last from Ireland) 9 



Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 
Espy 



Josiah 89 

Josiah 11 

Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell 11 

Josiah 11-81 

Mrs. Elizabeth Grain 11-81 

Josiah 81-8i 

Mrs. Ann Kirkpatriek 81-82 

Josiah 23-24 

Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson 23-24 

Josiah 23-25 

Mrs. Mariah Murdock 23-25 

Josiah 29-51 

Mrs. Susan Denny 29-51 

Josiah 36-66 

Mrs. Margaret Mitchell 66 

Josiah 30 

Mrs. Mary A. Miller 30 

Josiah 87 

Mrs. Mary McKeehan 87 

Josiah Mitchell 68 

Samuel 11-12 

Mrs. Martha Hay 11-12 

Samuel 13 

Mrs. Martha Patton 13 

Samuel — 14 

Mrs. Frances Greenleaf 14 

Samuel McL^lure 14 

Samuel 82-86 

Mrs. Martha Chambers 82-86 

Samuel 18 

Mrs. N M. Powell 18 

Samuel Chambers 86-90 

Mrs. Rebecca Smith 86-90 

Samuel Allen 30-64 

Mrs. Sarah McDonald 30-64 

Capt. Saaiuel 15 

Mrs, Elizabeth Sloan 16 



114 INDEX 



Espy, Samuel, Jr 16 

Espy, Mrs. Drucilla Webb 16 

Elder, Samuel 82 

Elder, Mrs. Margaret Espy 82 



Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 
Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

E&py 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 

Espy 



George 11-22 

Mrs. Jean Taylor 11-22 

George 13 

Mrs. Elizabeth Gilchrist 13 

George 13 

Mrs. Ruth Smiley 13 

George 15 

George W. 50 

Mrs. Sarah Garrison 51 

George Patterson 51 

Mrs. Mary Jewell 51 

Dr. George Richard 51 

George J 58 

Lieut. George 82-84 

Mrs. Mary Stewart 82-84 

George 23-26 

Mrs. Elizabeth Grain 23-26 

George 24-28 

Mrs. Polly Patterson 24-29 

George 26 

George, Jr 26 

Mrs. Rebecca Glenn 26 

George M. ., 32-61 

Mrs. Lucinda Parvin 32-62 

George A 57 

George Newport 35-65 

Mrs. Hannah Smith 35-65 

George M. 48 

Mrs. Mary Morgan 48 

John 12 

Mrs. JeanMorehead 12 

Rev. John Boyd 53-77 

Mrs. Esther Collins 77 

John Free 51 

Mrs. Sarah Davidson 51 

John 54 



INDEX 



115 



Espy, John Young 57 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Sheller 57 

Espy, John .. .; 86-91 

Espy, Mrs. Ann Scott 86-91 

Espy, John 15-16 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Parke 15-16 

Espy, John F 21 

Espy, John 22-23 

Espy, Mrs. Ann Montgomery 22-23 

Espy, John 24-30 

Espy, Mrs, Mary A. Allen 24-30 

Espy, John Jacobs 58 

Espy, John 26 

Espy, Mrs. Margaret Huston 26 

Espy, John 28 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Dinwiddle 28 

Espy, John 30-53 

Espy, Mrs. Margaret Free 30-53 

Espy, John ^^'^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Oats 16-18 

17 
Espy, John ^' 

Espy, John ^^'^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Anderson 47-69 

Espy, John '*^ 

Espy, Mrs. Margaret Smith ^8 

Espy, John Smith ^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Alice Wilson ^8 

Espy, John Milton— Mrs. Ehzabeth McClintock 34 

Espy, John ^^'^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Lovinia 85-90 

Espy, John Alexander.. 89-94 

Espy, Mrs. Martha Fry 89-94 

Espy, Maj. John ^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Martha Wood ^5 

Espy, John— Mrs. Iva Chamberlain 56 

Espy, Col. David 23-25 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Woods 23-25 

Espy, David Henry ^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Rebecca K. ^^ 

Espy, Rev David Thomas 20 



116 



INDEX 



Espy, Mrs. Dorothea E. Duke 20 

Espy, David 25-36 

Espy, Mrs. Dorcas Keene 25-36 

Espy, David 30 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Murry 30 

Espy, David Emanuel 35-66 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Shields 35-66 

Espy, David 84-89 

Espy, Mrs. Rebecca Allen 84-89 

Espy, James 13 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Cameron 13 

Espy, James 53 

Espy, Mrs. Collins 53 

Espy, James Stevenson 68 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith 68 

Espy, James 70 

Espy, James T 71 

Espy, Mrs. Millie Jones 71 

Espy, James 56 

Espy, Mrs, Magdalena Brown 56 

Espy, James Brown 56 

Espy, Mrs. Lida Cisco 56 

Espy, James Walter 56 

Espy, Mrs. Laura Green 56 

Espy, James 15-17 

Espy, Mrs. Sarah Barker 15-17 

Espy, James Brown 18 

Espy, Mrs. Edna Long 18 

Espy, James 32-6i 

Espy, Mrs. Eliza fcJifes 32-61 

Espy, James 33 

Espy, Jane T. Andrews 33 

Espy, James 48-70 

Espy, Mrs. Susan Sill 48-70 

Espy, James 48 

Espy, Mrs, Laura Wilson 48 

Espy, James Hargis 20 

Espy, James 20 

Espy, Mrs. Anne Schriner 20 



INDEX 117 

Espy, Lieut. James 24-27 

Espy, Mrs. Martha McKnight « 24-27 

Espy, Prof. James P 25-37 

Espy, Mrs. Margaret Pollard 25-37 

Espy, James 27-47 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Fife 27-47 

Espy, James 28 

Espy, James 30-52 

Espy, Mrs. Nancy Espy 30-52 

Espy, James Snodgrass 84-88 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Huling 84-88 

Espy, James 86-91 

Espy, Mrs. Swain 86-91 

Espy, James ^ 90-95 

Espy, Mrs. Mary A. Miller 90-95 

Espy, Robert ^3"^'* 

Espy, Mrs. Rachel Bell 13"^^ 

Espy, Robert ^^ 

Espy, Robert H ^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Anna Fallstrom 68 

Espy, Robert J ^^ 

Espy, Mrs, Mary Carey ^^ 

Espy, Robert Hamilton Edward 69 

Espy, Robert Hamilton ! ^6-68 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Ann Bell 46-68 

Espy, Robert Hamilton, Sr 47-27 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Carson 47-27 

Espy, Robert Hamilton, Jr 69 

Espy, Mrs. Julia A. Jefferson 69 

Espy, Thomas ^^'^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Martha Morehead 13-15 

Espy, Thomas [Chester Co.] ^^ 

Espy, Thomas Chalmers 61 

Espy, Thomas M 61 

Espy, Mrs. Adah 61 

Espy, Thomas " ^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Sallie Johnson 69 

Espy, Thomas ^^"^^ 

Espy, Mrs. Sarah Rosseau 16-18 



118 INDEX 



Esp7, Thomas 16-20 

Espy, Thomas — Mrs. Elenor Witherspoon 16-20 

Espy, Thomas, Sr 25-31 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson 25-31 

Espy, Thomas, Jr 32-60 

Espy, Susan Morton 32-60 

Espy, Rev. Thomas 46-68 

Espy, Mrs. Harriet Newell 46-68 

Espy, Thomas 47-70 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Hickman 47-70 

Espy, Thomas 27-24 

Espy, Mrs. Anna Hamilton 24-27 

Espy, Thomas 28 

Eapy, Mrs. Jean Sloan 28 

Espy, Gen'l. Thomas Stevenson 50-72 

Espy, Mrs. Mary McBride 50-72 

Espy, Thomas Huling— Mrs. Mary Wilson 88-92 

Espy, Joseph! 15-17 

Espy, Mrs. Polly Barnett 15-17 

Espy, Joseph, Sr 16-19 

Espy, Mrs. Jean Hargis 16-19 

Espy, Joseph Samuel 19 

Espy, Mrs. Olivia Espy 18-19 

Espy, Joseph Allen 54 

Espy, Mrs. Eugenia Reeves 54 

Espy, William (Ga.) 21 

Espy, William 22 

Espy, Mrs. Margaret Brading ..22 

Espy, William 28 

Espy, William George 73 

Espy, Mrs. Augusta Brooks 73 

Espy, William Kirkpatrick 88 

Espy, Mrs. Rectina 88 

Espy, William Kirkpatrick 89 

Espy, Mrs. Martha Sturgeon 89 

Espy, William Patterson 32-57 

Espy, Mrs, Elizabeth Johnson 32-57 

Eapy, William 27-46 

Espy, Mrs. Elizabeth Nisbet 27-46 

Espy, William 47 



INDEX 119 



Espy, Mrs. Mary Sharp 47 

Espy, William (Okla.) 61 

Espy, William Denny 61 

Espy, Mrs. Aurelia McDowell 51 

Espy, William Free 53 

Espy, Mrs. Susanna Gray 83-87 

Espy, Mrs. Helen Waring 63 

Espy, William Patterson 58-78 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Zeech 58-78 

Espy, WilUam Nisbet 68 

Espy, William Fife 48 

Edwards, Mrs. Mordicai „ 17 

Espy, Marcellus A 18 

Espy, Mrs. Sallie Mathews 19 

Espy, Columbus 18 

Espy, Henry Patrick 33 

Espy, Mrs. Lucy Grain 33 

Espy, Isaac Hugh 35 

Espy, Mrs. Ann Sabine 36 

Espy, Francis Margaret 19 

Espy, Eunice 37 

Espy, Calvin 20 

Espy, Mrs. Morris 20 

Espy, Caroline Rebecca 27 

Espy, Patterson 29-60 

Espy, Mrs. Mercy Freeman 29-50 

Espy, Fred 30 

Espy, Mrs. Rachel Williamson 30 

Espy, Capt. S. B 53-76 

Espy, Mrs. Rebecca Cutler 75 

Espy, Harvey Adams 57-78 

Espy, Mrs. Mary Winter .57-78 

Espy, Mary Edna 57 

Espy, Frances Anna 67 

Espy, Rev. Herbert P. 67 

Espy, Calvin 57 

Espy, Mrs. Jennie Mitchell 57 

Espy, Andrew Josiah 67 

Espy, Charles H. 61 

Espy, Mrs. Mary 61 



120 INDEX 



Espy 



Mary Jane 61 



Espy, Isaac Newton 57 

Espy, Elmer E. 58 

Eby, Joseph M, 68 

Espy, Frank 69 

Espy, Jesse 69 

Espy, Anna Laura 69 

Espy, Harry A. 69 

Espy, Mrs. Helen R ...69 

Espy, Jesse 70 

Espy, Mrs. Agnes Woods 70 

Espy, Alexander Clarkson 50-74 

Espy, Mrs. Sarah Matilda 74 

Espy, Olarkson Freeman „ 74 

Espy, Mary A 70 

Espy, Knud Iverson 76 

Espy, Florence Mercy 76 

Espy, Margaret Hulda ., 78 

Espy, Orville Grant 79 

Espy, Alvarado A 79 

Espy, Henry Clay 93-102 

Espy, Mrs. Rowena Marley 93-102 

Espy, Charles Edward 95 

Espy, Barnett Miller „ 100 

Espy, Hugh 25-34 

Espy, Sarah Bartholomew 25-34 

Espy, Hugh McCormick 30 

Espy, Mrs. Jane Green 30 

Espy, Bruce 56 

Espy, Thomas 56 

Espy, Mrs. Pinkerton 56 

Espey, William 103 

Espey, Mrs. Margaret Hemphill 103 

Espey, Hugh 105 

Espey, Mrs. Nancy Qant 105 

Espey, Robert. ..„ 108 

Espey, Mrs. Eliza Smith 108 

Espey, Hugh 105 

Espey, Mrs. Isabella Black 105 

Espey, John 106 



INDEX 121 



Espey, Mrs. Elizabeth McIUheny 106 

Espey, David :...; 109 

Espey, Mrs. Sarah McIUheney 109 

Espey, James 106 

Espey, Mrs. McLean 106 

Espey, Dr. James 106 

Espey, Hugh Stewart 109 

Espey, Mrs. Abigail Haines 109 

Espey, Hugh 108 

Espey, Mrs. Sarah J. Ewing 108 

Espey, Prof. Samuel A 108 

Espey, Walker 108 

Espey, Mrs. Ehzabeth Torrance 109 

Espey, Samuel McI. 110 

Espey, Mrs. Mary Carpenter.. 110 

Espey, Dr. John Robert 109 

Espey, Hugh 103 

Espey, Mary Stewart 103 

Fullerton, Humphrey 11 

Fullerton, Mrs. Martha Espy 11 

Fulton, Mrs. Polly Espy 17 

Freeman, Mrs. Eliza A 21 

Forster, James 23 

Forster, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 23 

Fetterman, Mrs. Viola 30 

Fife, Thompson 47 

Fife, Mrs. Margaret Espy 47 

Forner, Jacob 49 

Forner, Mrs. Marjory Bennett 49 

Fruit, Mrs. E. M 63 

Fox, N. M 55 

Fox, Mrs. Eliza Thom Stevenson 55 

French, Rev. W. H. 66 

French, Mrs. Anna Mitchell 66 

Gilchrist, Mrs. Jean Espy 12 

Grier, James 27 

Grier, Mrs. Anna Espy 27 

Griffin, Rev. E. B. 52-76 



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Griffin, Mrs. Narcissa Stevenson 52-76 

Gee, Wm 52 

Gee, Mrs. Ruth Espy ;52 

Gibson, George 72 

Gibson, Mrs. Mercy Dickey 72 

Gaifeher, James 86 

Gaither, Mrs. Nancy Espy 86 

Haynes, Joseph 15 

Haynes, Mrs. Eleanore Espy 16 

Hunter, Thomas 15 

Hunter, Mrs. Anna Espy 15 

Huggins, William „ 16 

Huggins, Mrs. Martha Espy 16 

Higbee, Mrs. Jsnnie 48 

Harvey, Mrs. K 49 

Hollister, Samuel 49 

HoUister, Mrs. Eveline 49 

HoUister, Benj 50-74 

Hollister, Mrs. Mercy Allen 50-74 

Hawkins Charles 57 

Hawkins, Mrs. Martha Espy 57 

Hultz, James 70 

Hultz, Mrs. Abigail Espy 70 

Hickman, Moses 70 

Hickman, Mrs. Eliza Espy 70 

Harrison, Wm. Riddle 77 

Harrison, Mrs. Anna Griffin 77 

Hinkle, Philip 87 

Hinkle, Mrs. Martha Gaither 87 

Johnson, Mrs. Sarah Bennett 49 

Judy, Col. James W 62 

Judy, Mrs. Catherine Simpson 62 

Kibby, Judge John F 32 

Kibby, John 32 

Kibby, Mrs. Mary Espy 32 

King, Mrs. Mary Espy 53 

Knight, John A 93-101 

Knight, Mrs. Catherine Espy 93-101 



INDEX 123 



Lytle, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 11 

Lawrence, Mx's. Mary E. 17 

Laing, James 21 

Laing, Mrs. Caroline Witherspoon 21 

Linn, William 32 

Linn, Mrs. Matilda Espy 32 

Linn, Mrs. Nancy Espy Bennett 49 

Linn, Dr. Sylvester M 49 

Logan, Robert _ 49 

Logan, Mrs. Mary Bennett 49 

Line, Abraham 90-101 

Line, Mrs. Fannie Espy 90-101 

Montgomery, Mrs. Mary Espy 12 

Montgomery, John 12 

Montgomery, James 23 

Montgomery, Mrs. Anna Woods 23 

Mitchell, Mrs. Thirza Espy 17 

Mitchell, James 25-35 

Mitchel], Mrs. Martha Espy 25-35 

Mitchell, Francis R 36-66 

Mitchell, Mrs. Louise Wright 36-66 

Mitchell, Samuel K 36-66 

Mitchell, Mrs. Elizabeth 36-66 

Marley, Rev. J. K 28 

Marley, Mrs. Mary E. 28 

Murphy, Mrs. Julia Espy 21 

Morehead, Gov. James F. 33-64 

Morehead, Mrs. Lovinia Espy 33-64 

Medley, Mrs. Margaret Espy , 47 

Morgan, John 48 

Morgan, Mrs. Rebecca Hickman 48 

Mayes, A. C 63 

Mayes, Mrs. Mary McGowan 63 

Miller, A. S 70 

Miller, Mrs. Susan Espy 70 

Martin, Joseph C. 72 

Martin, Mrs. Rosina Dickey 72 

Morrison, Col. J. B 75 

Morrison, Mrs. Toma Espy 76 



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Mordoff, Mrs. Rosina Espy 74 

McMullen, Mrs. Peggy Espey 105 

Morrow, Thomas 48 

Morrow, Mrs. Ann Espy 48 

Morrow, Elizabeth 59 

Morrow, Josiah 59 

Morrow, George Espy 60 

Morrow, John 58-32 

Morrow, Mrs. Nancy Espy 68-32 

McReynolds, Fannie 28 

McKee, Samuel 79 

McKee, Mrs. Maria Stevenson 31-79 

McMahon, James „ 17 

McMahon, Mrs. Fannie Oats 17 

McClesky, David 21 

McClesky, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 21 

McGowan, Wm 33-63 

McGowan, Mrs. Caroline Simpson 33-63 

McGowan, John 63 

McGowan, Mrs. Lucy McCarroll 63 

McChesney, Mrs. Martha Espy 56 

McMillen, Mrs. Emma Sankey 54 

McClintock, A. J 51 

McOlintock, Mrs. Mary Espy 51 

McClintock, Mrs. Sarah Jane Espy 35 

McClure, James 81-84 

McClure, Mrs. Mary Espy 81-84 

McCoy, Mrs. Ellen Espy 34-64 

MeCormick, Dr. Joseph 48 

McCormick, Mrs. Mary Espy 48 

Nisbet, Wm 27 

Nisbet, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 27 

Noel, Loftus 28 

Noel, Mrs. Ann Espy 28 

Nelson, Mrs. ybil Espy 68 

Nevin, Rev. W. J 72 

Nevin, Mrs. Maria Patton 72 

Nunn, Joseph A 73 

Nunn, Mrs, Elizabeth 73 



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Newlin, Joseph V. K. 76 

Newlin, Mrs. Mary Belle 76 

Oats, Mrs. Mary Espy 16 

Oats, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 16-17 

Oliver, Mrs. Jane Espy 47 

Patterson, Mrs. Priseilla Espy 12 

Patterson, Mrs. Fannie 71 

Parke, Mrs. Polly Espy 16 

Plonk, Mrs. Ellen Oats 17 

Piper, Mrs. Ada Espy 28 

Patton, Joseph Free 50-71 

Patton, Mrs. Phoebe Espy 50-71 

Rohrer, Frederick 31-79 

Rohrer, Mrs. Marianne Stevenson 31-79 

Rounds, Horace 49 

Rounds, Mrs- Nancy Bennett 49 

Reno Frank 54 

Reno, Mrs. Mary I. Espy 54 

Ronzone, Silvio A. J. 57 

Ronzone, Mrs. Jennie Eapy 57 

Rohrer, John W. 80 

Rutherford, Abner 87 

Rutherford, Mrs. Ann Espy 87 

Rutherford, Wm. Franklin 87 

Stevenson, Joseph 25-31 

Stevenson, Mx's. Mary Espy 25-31 

Stevenson, Dr. Josiah Espy 31-61 

Stevenson, Dr. Joseph Patterson 31-66 

Stevenson, Mrs. Anna Espy 51 

Simpson, Joseph 25-32 

Simpson, Mrs. Anna Espy 25-33 

Simpson, Dr. James W. 33-62 

Sankey, John 30-53 

Sankey, Mrs. Cynthia Espy 30-53 

Sankey, Ezekiel H -..64-77 

Sankey, Mrs. Nancy R. Espy 64-77 

Sloan, Mrs. Mary Anderson 46 



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Sutherland, Mrs. Henrietta 68 

Stewart, Capt. Lazarus 81 

Stewart, Mrs. Martha Espy 81 

Todd, Rev. David E 89 

Vance, Gov. Zebulon B 68 

Vance, Mrs. Harriet Espy 68 

Wilson, Richard 16-20 

Wilson, Mrs. Martha Espy 16-20 

Wilson, A. King 69 

Wilson, James 48 

Wilson, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 48 

Wilson, Samuel 27 

Wilson, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 27 

Witherspoon, James S 17-21 

Witherspoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Espy 17-21 

Witherspoon, Prof. John Espy 21 

Woods, John 22 

Woods, Mrs. Mary Espy 22 

Westcott, John _ 36-66 

Westcott, Mrs, Mary Espy 36-66 

Westcott, Thirza L 67 

Winder, Mrs. Alf 57 

Wright, N. M 49 

Wright, Mrs. Olive Bennett 49 



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